Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) issued the following statement late Friday on Senate passage of legislation averting a government shutdown:

"I supported this short-term spending bill because Congress has finally acknowledged that it can no longer keep kicking the can down the road and a compromise has been reached for fiscal year 2011 funding. I am pleased that a government shutdown has been averted tonight and look forward to carefully reviewing the fiscal year 2011 spending bill when it arrives in the Senate. Hopefully, we can soon get back to addressing the nation’s pressing issues such as private sector job creation, gas prices, the debt limit, and a fiscally responsible budget for the upcoming fiscal year.