The GOP-led House passed a six-bill package, reportedly worth about $460 billion, on Wednesday that seeks to fund part of the federal government through the remainder of the 2024 fiscal year after lawmakers resorted to passing multiple stop-gap measures in recent months to avert a government shutdown.
By a 339-85 vote, a “minibus” of six appropriations spending bills advanced out of the House ahead of a deadline on March 8. Eighty-three Republicans were joined by two Democrats in opposing the measure that provides funds to various facets of the federal government through September. The legislation now heads to the Democrat-controlled Senate ahead of a March 8 deadline. It has the support of the Senate leadership as well as the White House.
“With the odds stacked against us, House Republicans made progress in how we fund the government. We drafted the most conservative bills in…
