The Senate is working to pass a bipartisan funding bill before a summer recess that would fund the federal government through Dec. 11, prevent a potential government shutdown during November’s midterm elections and avoid a repeat of last year, when agencies began the fiscal year with a record 43-day shutdown. Unlike the House bill, the Senate bill does not include $1 billion for the Trump-class battleship program, and it would provide government funding one week longer than the House bill, which would fund agencies through Dec. 4. That’s because even if an October shutdown is avoided through a stopgap measure, the federal government faces the prospect of running out of money during a lame-duck Congress—midnight on Dec.