FILE PHOTO: U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) arrives for a press conference as members of Congress have two weeks to reach a deal to avert a looming partial government shutdown, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 16, 2025. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on Friday voted to approve a stopgap government funding bill to avert a partial government shutdown beginning October 1 at the start of the new fiscal year.

(Reporting by David Morgan; additional writing by Richard Cowan; editing by Susan Heavey)