The US government has avoided a federal shutdown after the House and Senate agreed on a short-term funding deal, the BBC reports.

The bill, which keeps the government funded until mid-November but does not provide for any new aid to Ukraine, passed the Senate 88-9.

The 45-day resolution was proposed by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

Once put into effect, it will avoid disruptions in the work of federal services.

The shutdown, which would have sent tens of thousands of federal employees on unpaid leave and suspended various government services, was scheduled to begin at 12:01 a.m. (04:01 GMT) on Sunday.

But on Saturday afternoon, House Republicans swung sharply to pass a temporary funding measure that would keep the government open for another 45 days without making major concessions on spending levels.

More Democrats than Republicans supported the measure, with 90 Republicans voting against it.

The measure was a blow to a small group of right-wing Republicans who blocked negotiations in the House with inflexible demands for spending cuts.

However, as most lawmakers seek to avoid a shutdown, one of the faction’s key demands — no more U.S. funding to defend Ukraine against a Russian invasion — is reflected in the bill.

In a statement released shortly after the Senate vote, President Joe Biden said that “extreme Republicans in the House of Representatives” were trying to create a “fabricated crisis” and called on President McCarthy to allow a new deal to be passed without delay on funding Ukraine.

The House of Representatives voted 335 to 91 to fund the government until November 17.