The weekend funding extension would buy lawmakers a little more time to pass the $1.4 trillion fiscal 2021 omnibus appropriations bill, which is expected to carry a roughly $900 billion coronavirus relief package and a smattering of unrelated legislation.

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers sent a very short-term continuing resolution to President Donald Trump on Friday night as they sought to avoid a government funding lapse when a temporary spending law expires at midnight.

The Senate passed the bill on a voice vote after several potential objections fell away. The House passed the bill earlier on a 320-60 vote, eclipsing the two-thirds required under suspension of the rules, after Texas Republican Chip Roy scuttled plans for a quick voice vote by asking for a recorded vote.

The weekend funding extension would buy lawmakers a little more time to pass the $1.4 trillion fiscal 2021 omnibus appropriations bill, which is expected to carry a roughly $900 billion coronavirus relief package and a smattering of unrelated legislation.

House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer said after the House vote that while he was hopeful negotiators could reach agreement in the "near future" on the COVID-19 aid piece, there were still "some significant outstanding issues." The earliest the House would vote on the legislation is Sunday at 1 p.m., he announced.

Senate Majority Whip John Thune, R-S.D., said earlier Friday that final negotiations plus the time it takes to get a bill done could drag the timeline into next week. "I was thinking the best-case scenario of getting something voted on was going to be Sunday, but it might be later than that," he said.

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