WASHINGTON  - The threat of a federal government shutdown lifted late Saturday as President Joe Biden signed a temporary funding bill to keep agencies open with little time to spare after Congress rushed to approve the bipartisan deal.

The package drops aid to Ukraine, a White House priority opposed by a growing number of GOP lawmakers, but increases federal disaster assistance by $16 billion, meeting Biden’s full request. The bill funds government until Nov. 17.

After chaotic days of turmoil in the House, Speaker Kevin McCarthy abruptly abandoned demands for steep spending cuts from his right flank and instead relied on Democrats to pass the bill, at risk to his own job. The Senate followed with final passage closing a whirlwind day at the Capitol.

“This is good news for the American people,” Biden said in a statement.

Arizona Republican Reps. Debbie Lesko, Paul Gosar, Andy Biggs, David Schweikert and Eli Crane thought otherwise and voted against the deal.

“Securing our border and ensuring our military and Border Patrol agents are paid are my top priorities,” Lesko said on Facebook.

“That’s why I voted for a stopgap funding measure that would have kept the government open, reined in spending and secured our border. Today’s bill didn’t do those things, so I voted no.”

Biggs used social media to take on McCarthy.

“Instead of siding with his own party today, Kevin McCarthy sided with 209 Democrats to push through a continuing resolution that maintains the Biden-Pelosi-Schumer spending levels and policies,” he said.

“He allowed the DC Uniparty to win again. Should he remain Speaker of the House?”

Arizona House Democrats – Greg Stanton, Ruben Gallego and Raul Grijalva – voted for the deal along with Republican Rep. Juan Ciscomani.

“Today I joined Republicans and Democrats to avert a government shutdown,” Stanton said on Facebook.

“This short-term bill is far from perfect. It leaves out critical funding to secure our border and support for Ukraine - I will continue to fight for these Arizona priorities. But leadership means compromise.”

Biden, too, expressed his disappointment about funding for Ukraine.

He said the United States “cannot under any circumstances allow American support for Ukraine to be interrupted” and expected McCarthy “will keep his commitment to the people of Ukraine and secure passage of the support needed to help Ukraine at this critical moment.”

It’s been a sudden head-spinning turn of events in Congress ahead of the midnight funding deadline after grueling days in the House pushed the government to the brink of a disruptive federal shutdown.

The outcome ends, for now, the threat of a shutdown, but the reprieve may be short-lived. Congress will again need to fund the government in coming weeks risking a crisis as views are hardening, particularly among the right-flank lawmakers whose demands were ultimately swept aside this time in favor of a more bipartisan approach.

“We’re going to do our job,” McCarthy, R-Calif., said before the House vote. “We’re going to be adults in the room. And we’re going to keep government open.”

If no deal was in place before Sunday, federal workers would have faced furloughs, more than 2 million active-duty and reserve military troops would have had to work without pay and programs and services that Americans rely on from coast to coast would have begun to face shutdown disruptions.

“It has been a day full of twists and turns, but the American people can breathe a sigh of relief: There will be no government shutdown,” said Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.

The package funds government at current 2023 levels until mid-November, and also extends other provisions, including for the Federal Aviation Administration. The package was approved by the House 335-91, with most Republicans and almost all Democrats supporting. Senate passage came by an 88-9 vote.

But the loss of Ukraine aid was devastating for lawmakers of both parties vowing to support President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after his recent Washington visit. The Senate bill included $6 billion for Ukraine, and both chambers came to a standstill Saturday as lawmakers assessed their options.