Congress averted a government shutdown Friday just hours before the funding deadline, after the Senate approved a House-passed spending bill that exposed deep rifts within the Democratic Party.

Updates and the latest news as the Senate votes to avoid a government shutdown and Mehmet Oz faces his Senate confirmation hearing.

A spending bill to avert a partial government shutdown narrowly cleared a key procedural hurdle in the Senate, paving the way for passage as a Friday night deadline loomed. Ten Democrats joined with Republicans to clear the 60-vote threshold needed to advance the measure.