Posted 2/29/2024, 7:10:17 PM
House Passes Short-Term Spending Bill to Avoid Shutdown, Fund Agencies to March
- House passes short-term funding bill to avert partial government shutdown
- Funding extends 6 spending bills to March 8 and another 6 to March 22
- Bipartisan support for bill, with most Democrats and over half of Republicans voting yes
- Congress still working on long-term funding plan beyond March, text not yet released
- Conservative Republicans unhappy with repeated short-term bills, wanted year-long funding with automatic cuts