House Votes 314-108 For Funding To Avert Shutdown

The Hill reports:

The House on Thursday approved a short-term spending bill to keep the government funded through March, sending the stopgap to President Biden’s desk for his signature one day before a partial shutdown deadline.

The chamber cleared the two-step continuing resolution (CR) in a 314-108 vote hours after the Senate approved the measure, punting government funding deadlines to March 1 and March 8 and buying lawmakers more time to finish the formal appropriations process.

Passage of the stopgap marks a cleared hurdle for Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), who cut a deal with other congressional leaders to avert a shutdown. Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) was ousted in October in part for making a similar decision.

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U.S. House PASSES government funding bill, 314-108.

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