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.

The Senate was scheduled to vote at midday, and House leaders announced they would act Thursday evening, a little more than 24 hours before funding for a handful of government agencies was slated to lapse.

  • CoffeeAddict@kbin.socialOP
    3·
    9 months ago

    It’s a gift article.

    The 77-to-18 vote cleared the way for a vote in the House later Thursday on the measure, which would provide lawmakers more time to pass spending bills totaling $1.66 trillion to fund the government through the fall, the level Democrats and Republicans agreed upon this month. That plan would hold most federal spending steady while bolstering the military.

    The stopgap legislation “will give Congress time to continue working on the appropriations process to fund the government for the rest of the fiscal year,” Senator Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York and the majority leader, said.

    The House vote promised to be an unpleasant experience for Speaker Mike Johnson, who negotiated the overall spending package with Mr. Schumer and has been savaged by the hard-right faction in the House for not insisting on greater cuts. He will need significant numbers of Democrats to back the measure given expected Republican opposition.

    Emphasis is mine.

    Far right republicans are repeatedly proving they have no interest in actually governing. Instead, they prefer running the whole thing into the ground unless they get their way.