House Approves Spending Bill To Avert Govt Shutdown

March 22, 2024 Government, Politics

The House voted 286-134 Friday to pass a sweeping $1.2 trillion government funding bill, sending it to the Senate just hours before the deadline to prevent a shutdown.

All 100 senators will need to greenlight a vote to pass the bill before the midnight deadline. If that doesn’t happen, the government would be forced into a partial shutdown on Saturday morning. President Joe Biden has called on Congress to pass it quickly and said he’ll sign the bill.

“This hasn’t been a perfect process. But we should never let the perfect be the enemy of the good,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said. “This is a good result for the American people.”

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House votes 286-134 to send the Senate the $1.2 trillion, six bill government funding package ahead of the midnight deadline pic.twitter.com/EDFarfZNC8

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