By Sam Cabral BBC News, Washington The US House of Representatives has voted to approve a $467.5bn (£367bn) spending package, the first step in averting a partial government shutdown. Funding for roughly 30% of the federal government - including agriculture, energy, housing and veterans' affairs - is due to expire at midnight on Friday. The House-passed bill now goes to the US Senate, where leaders have vowed to back the measure "with time to spare". But the threat of shutdown looms over Congress once again in just two weeks. On Wednesday, House lawmakers voted 339-85 on the sprawling package of six funding bills, a compromise jointly agreed between House and Senate leaders after months of negotiation. Once it passes the Senate and is signed by President Joe Biden, the 1,050-page piece of legislation would extend the funding available for dozens of federal programmes from 8 March until 30 September. Negotiators, however, have much left to agree on before another funding...