The House on Thursday voted to pass a short-term spending bill to fund the government through mid-February, as lawmakers work quickly to avert a shutdown on Friday.
The House voted 221-212 to pass the continuing resolution, which would allow the government to remain funded at the previous year’s fiscal levels through Feb. 18 until lawmakers clinch a deal on a larger, bipartisan deal.
Only one Republican Rep. Adam KinzingerAdam Daniel KinzingerHillicon Valley — Chinese disinformation accounts removed House passes bipartisan bills to strengthen network security, cyber literacy McCarthy pleads with Republicans to stop infighting: ‘Congress is not junior high’ MORE (Ill.) supported the bill, which now goes to the Senate. A number of conservative GOP lawmakers have sought to tie the legislation to a push to defund President BidenJoe BidenBiden and Harris host ‘family’ Hanukkah celebration with more than 150 guests Symone Sanders to leave the White House at the end of the year Overnight Defense & National Security — Senate looks to break defense bill stalemate MORE’s COVID-19 vaccinate-or-test mandate for large employers.
Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiBiden marks World AIDS Day with new actions to end HIV epidemic by 2030 DeFazio becomes 19th House Democrat to retire Pelosi: Democrats can’t allow ‘indecent’ Boebert comments to stand MORE (D-Calif) criticized the Republican-led push ahead of the vote on Thursday afternoon, claiming those behind the effort wanted to shut down “science.”
“How do they explain to the public that they’re shutting down government because they don’t want people to get vaccinated?” Pelosi said at a press briefing in the Capitol.
House Democrats were able to swiftly pass the bill despite Republican opposition, but the bill’s path to passage in the evenly split Senate is not yet guaranteed. The bill will need at least 60 votes to clear the upper chamber’s procedural hurdles, and any one senator could delay it.
A handful of Senate Republicans have vowed to hold up the spending bill — risking a shutdown on Friday at midnight when government funding is set to lapse — unless they get a vote on defunding Biden’s vaccinate-or-test mandate.
The leaders of that effort, including Sens. Mike LeeMichael (Mike) Shumway LeeGOP sets back Biden’s …….
Source: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/584112-house-passes-stopgap-spending-bill-sends-to-senate