The Senate passed a continuing resolution that will fund the federal government through March 11 in a 65-27 vote, averting a government shutdown.

The bill passed the House of Representatives on Feb. 8 in a 272-162 vote, but several Republican senators announced opposition to the funding. Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn placed a hold in response to a report alleging that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) program would fund the distribution of crack pipes, and a group of seven senators demanded an amendment prohibiting the federal government from enforcing the COVID-19 vaccine mandates.

Blackburn released her hold on Tuesday after HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra wrote a letter promising that “no federal funding will be used directly or through subsequent reimbursement of grantees to put pipes in safe smoking kits.”

The Senate opened debate on the package around 1:45 pm, and finished voting just before 7 pm.