The House passed the first six spending bills needed to fund the government on a long-term basis, signaling the beginning of the end of constant government shutdown scares on Capitol Hill.
The legislation easily cleared the lower chamber by a bipartisan vote of 339-85. In what has become a familiar sight for the House, far more Democrats than Republicans supported the bill, despite the GOP’s majority in the lower chamber.
A chunk of House Republicans voted against the spending bill because it didn’t have many of the conservative policy wins some members wanted, such as stricter border polices.
This is a full funding plan, for the rest of the fiscal year, for six out of the twelve required funding bills.
And the fiscal year ends in about 6 months, so it’s a bit disingenuous to call it a full plan.