The House voted overwhelmingly, 336 to 95, to approve an unusual two-tier spending bill to keep some government offices open through mid-January while others would operate through the beginning of February.
But caucus leadership got behind the bill Tuesday afternoon, citing the fact that it funded the government at current levels, was “devoid of harmful cuts and free of extreme right-wing policy riders.”
While the bill does not include any money for Israel, Ukraine, border security and other foreign policy priorities that Biden requested in a package worth more than $105 billion, the White House remains optimistic that there’s enough bipartisan support to advance, according to the official.
Johnson, R-La., took the unconventional approach of splitting the deadlines for the spending bills in part to appease a bloc of House conservatives who first floated the plan.
The conservative House Freedom Caucus came out against the plan Tuesday morning, writing that it “contains no spending reductions, no border security, and not a single meaningful win for the American people.”
Speaking to reporters Tuesday, Johnson acknowledged conservative concerns, but called his two-step plan an “important innovation” that would avoid a last-minute omnibus bill passed at the end of the year.
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The House voted overwhelmingly, 336 to 95, to approve an unusual two-tier spending bill to keep some government offices open through mid-January while others would operate through the beginning of February.
But caucus leadership got behind the bill Tuesday afternoon, citing the fact that it funded the government at current levels, was “devoid of harmful cuts and free of extreme right-wing policy riders.”
While the bill does not include any money for Israel, Ukraine, border security and other foreign policy priorities that Biden requested in a package worth more than $105 billion, the White House remains optimistic that there’s enough bipartisan support to advance, according to the official.
Johnson, R-La., took the unconventional approach of splitting the deadlines for the spending bills in part to appease a bloc of House conservatives who first floated the plan.
The conservative House Freedom Caucus came out against the plan Tuesday morning, writing that it “contains no spending reductions, no border security, and not a single meaningful win for the American people.”
Speaking to reporters Tuesday, Johnson acknowledged conservative concerns, but called his two-step plan an “important innovation” that would avoid a last-minute omnibus bill passed at the end of the year.
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