House Passes Spending Bill as Speaker Johnson Faces Motion to Vacate

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The House of Representatives has passed the $1.2 trillion spending package to avoid a government shutdown. The bill will fully fund the government through September.

“The final vote was 286-134 with 112 Republicans and 22 Democrats voting against the measure,” CNN reported.

The bill now heads to the Senate, where lawmakers will scramble to pass the bill before the midnight deadline. If the Senate doesn’t pass the legislation before the deadline, “a temporary lapse in funding would occur, triggering a partial shutdown. The impact of a partial shutdown would be limited if funding is approved over the weekend before the start of the work week,” CNN reported.

According to CBS News, the spending bill “wraps six spending bills into one to fund about three-quarters of the government until the end of the fiscal year.”

Hard-line conservatives are upset that House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) negotiated with Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) in order to broker the deal. Johnson was in such a hurry to pass the bill that he waived the 72-hour rule which would have given lawmakers time to thoroughly review the bill before voting.

Johnson’s job may be in peril now that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) has filed a motion to vacate.