Article snippet: The House passed a stopgap government funding measure Thursday night in a 217-185 vote that includes $5.7 billion for MORE’s wall on the Mexican border and additional security — raising the odds that a shutdown will begin Friday at midnight. Passage of the measure over united Democratic opposition passes the hot potato to the Senate, which is set to consider the bill Friday. The bill is not expected to pass the Senate, where Democrats have rejected money for Trump’s wall. Eight Republicans voted against the bill, which was approved by the House a day after the Senate approved a similar measure that also funds the government through Feb. 8 but does not include the money for Trump's wall. That bill was approved by voice vote. “The bill that’s on the floor of the House, everyone knows, will not pass the Senate,” Senate Minority Leader MORE (D-N.Y.) said moments before the House approved the measure. Pressed on the odds of a government shutdown after the House vote, senior appropriator MORE (R-Okla.) told reporters: “They are certainly higher than they were this morning.” Passage of the bill capped a wild day at both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue.Republicans started the day planning to hold a vote on the stopgap measure approved Wednesday night by the Senate. But they reversed course after Trump said he would not sign that bill. Top Republicans gathered with Trump at the White House on Thursday afternoon, where the president asserted he would not sign legislation that... Link to the full article to read more