Watch live: Senate to vote on funding deal ahead of shutdown deadline

The Senate is slated to vote on the interim funding package to avoid government shutdown on Friday night ahead of the midnight deadline.

The lower chamber, earlier in the evening Friday, voted 366-34-1 in support of the legislation, clearing the two-thirds threshold needed for passage, since GOP leadership brought the bill to the floor under the fast-track suspension of the rules process.

The package — which Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) rolled out shortly before the vote —...