Earlier on Thursday, RedState wrote about the tentative agreement among House and Senate leaders of both the Republicans and the Democrats on a series of continuing resolution (CR) votes, the first of which pushes the negotiations back by a week, before the so-called government shutdown deadline on Friday. House Speaker Mike Johnson scheduled a vote for his conference on Thursday, too:
Now, the House of Representatives has approved the CR in a bipartisan vote, although “slightly more than half” of Republicans supported it..
Via the Hill:
The legislation — which cleared the chamber in a 320-99 vote — kicks the two government funding deadlines to March 8 and March 22, buying lawmakers more time to hash out their differences on spending bills and push them over the finish…
