By Bo Erickson and Nolan D. McCaskill

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives plans to vote this week on a stopgap bill to avert a government shutdown that will include $88 million to bolster security for federal officials following the assassination of activist Charlie Kirk, sources said.

They plan a vote by Friday on funds to run through November 21, House Republican leadership sources said on Tuesday, which would give Congress another seven weeks to agree on a plan to fund the government for the fiscal year that begins next month. The federal budget runs at about $7 trillion per year.

House Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday said his party, which leads the House, will put forward a “clean” continuing resolution, which would fund the government at current levels, with add

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