Congress averted a government shutdown just hours before the funding deadline, after the Senate approved a House-passed spending bill that exposed deep rifts within the Democratic Party. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and others are facing backlash after they helped to clear a path for the bill’s passage.

The bill now heads to President Donald Trump's desk for a signature. The Senate earlier took a key procedural vote on a stopgap spending bill, which needed to meet a 60-vote threshold to move forward, also known as the legislative filibuster.

President Trump said he has “great respect” for Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., for supporting a Republican bill to fund the government through September and stave off a shutdown this weekend.