Congress Clears Stopgap Spending Bill for Biden, Moving to Avert Shutdown
Senate Passes Stopgap Spending Bill, Moving to Avert Shutdown
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/18/us/politics/senate-spending-bill.html
The measure passed with bipartisan support, and House leaders were planning a vote later Thursday, a little more than 24 hours before funding for a handful of government agencies was slated to lapse.
Congress on Thursday sent legislation to avert a partial government shutdown to President Biden, racing to fund federal agencies through early March one day before money was to run out.
Over the strenuous opposition of far-right Republicans, the House voted 314 to 108 to approve the stopgap funding just hours after the Senate provided overwhelming bipartisan backing for the measure in a 77-to-18 vote, allowing lawmakers to narrowly beat a Friday deadline.
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In the end, Mr. Johnson was only able to cobble together a bare majority of Republicans voting on the bill, with 107 backing it and 106 opposed. Democrats supplied the bulk of the support.
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