The bill passed by a vote of 286-134 and now moves to the Senate, where leadership hopes for a final vote later Friday. More than 70% of the money would go to defense.
on Friday just a few hours before funding for some key federal agencies is set to expire, a long overdue action nearly six months into the budget year that will push any threats of a government shutdown to the fall.
The 1,012-page bill funds the departments of Homeland Security, Health and Human Services, Labor and others. Still, the package was clearly unpopular with most Republicans, who viewed it as containing too few of their policy priorities and as spending too much.Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene was among the segment of Republicans complaining about funding the government on Friday.
Democratic leaders sold the bill to members by emphasizing that they were able to hold the line against hundreds of policy mandates and deep spending cuts. After the vote, having clearly heard his right flank’s concerns, Johnson said he would be in active discussions over the next two weeks on a plan to highlight differences between the two parties on “the catastrophe at the Southern border that is killing countless Americans.” He said bills would be introduced to fix the problem.
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