House passes $460 billion government funding deal, temporarily dodging shutdown

The House passed the first six spending bills needed to fund the government on a long-term basis, signaling the beginning of the end of constant government shutdown scares on Capitol Hill.

The legislation easily cleared the lower chamber by a bipartisan vote of 339-85. In what has become a familiar sight for the House, far more Democrats than Republicans supported the bill, despite the GOP’s majority in the lower chamber.

A chunk of House Republicans voted against the spending bill because it didn’t have many of the conservative policy wins some members wanted, such as stricter border polices.

LopensLeftArm,
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Way to do just the bare minimum guys!

metallic_substance,

I like your username

LopensLeftArm,
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Thanks gancho!

Bakkoda,

They didn’t. They only did half lol

hibsen,

See you all in six months or so when we get to do all this again.

anon6789,
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Lol no need to wait that long!

The real test for Congress, however, is passing the remaining six bills, which are considered to be far more controversial than the first half. Negotiators have until March 22 to come up with a long-term deal for government funding for functions related to:

Defense

Financial Services and General Government

Homeland Security

Labor, Health and Human Services, Education

Legislative Branch

State and Foreign Operations

vegeta,

Nothing is more permanent than a temporary TaxFunding Plan

CyberSeeker,

This is a full funding plan, for the rest of the fiscal year, for six out of the twelve required funding bills.

ryathal,

And the fiscal year ends in about 6 months, so it’s a bit disingenuous to call it a full plan.

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