House passed a bill to temporarily prevent government shutdown

The House of Representatives passed a bill that will cut $4 billion in spending Tuesday, and help the U.S. government prevent a shutdown for two weeks.

The government was at risk of shutting down because Congress did not get enough money to fund all of government's spending for the fiscal year that ends Sept. 30, NPR reported.

The legislation will now go to the Senate and is expected to pass, the Washington Post reported.

Senate Democrats said they will go along with the temporary measure for spending cuts even though they have been resisting extreme spending cuts pushed by House Republicans, NPR reported.