WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Senate Passes Continuing Resolution to Fund Government Through Mid-December * WASHINGTON, D.C. - By a vote of 90 to 6, the Senate today passed a clean continuing resolution (CR) to fund the federal government through Dec. 11, averting a potential government shutdown and giving the Senate Appropriations Committee additional time to complete work on fiscal year appropriations bills. The measure, w  more