A Democratic bill to fund the U.S. government through December 3 and suspend the nation's borrowing limit until the end of 2022 passed the House of Representatives on Tuesday, heading to the Senate where Republicans vow to block it.

The House vote was 220-211 along party lines. All Democrats voted for it and all Republicans opposed it.

If Republicans stick by their refusal to support the measure in the Senate, Democrats will have to come up with a new strategy or quickly face the twin problems of a government in partial shutdown that is unable to pay its bills and the risk of a default for the first time in modern history.

Congress faces a September 30 deadline to approve stopgap funding that would avert partial government shutdowns with the start of the new fiscal year on October 1. 

The Treasury Department will some time in October exhaust its borrowing authority unless the debt limit is raised. 

The bill would suspend the limit on government borrowing through December 2022.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer will meet with their fellow Democrat, President Joe Biden, at the White House on Wednesday afternoon, Reuters reported citing a source familiar with the planning.

The meeting comes as Washington grapples with the twin deadlines of funding the government and raising the debt limit, as well as a Democratic push to pass Biden's mammoth $3.5 trillion domestic agenda, using the reconciliation maneuver.

(With input from Reuters)