By a vote of 286-134 over conservatives’ objections, the House passed a $1.2 trillion spending package late Friday morning avoiding a partial government shutdown.
The bill now goes to the Senate, where it is expected to pass.
The 1,000-plus-page package of bills includes funding for the State, Education, Defense, Labor, Homeland Security, and Health and Human Services departments in fiscal year 2024 as well as for “general government and foreign operations” and the Internal Revenue Service, The Hill reported.
“Democracy is messy,” House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said on CNBC the day before, amid opposition to the spending package from conservative House Republicans. “It’s particularly messy right now and in a moment like this, but we have to get the job done and there are some very substantial wins in here.”
Democrats mostly supported the
