The House voted 221-212 to advance the continuing resolution. If it is approved by the Senate and signed by President Joe Biden, it will keep large parts of the government funded until Feb. 18.
WASHINGTON — Congress on Thursday passed a short-term government funding bill that willbefore the Friday night deadline, sending the legislation to President Joe Biden for his signature.
“I am glad that, in the end, cooler heads prevailed, the government will stay open, and I thank the members of this chamber for walking us back from the brink of an avoidable, needless and costly shutdown,” said Schumer on the Senate floor prior to the vote. Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., made clear before the vote that lawmakers still have work to do on the spending bills for the fiscal year.
A trio of Republican senators, Mike Lee, of Utah, Ted Cruz, of Texas, and Roger Marshall, of Kansas, also made a failed attempt to delay the government spending bill if funding to enforce vaccine mandates is included. The amendment sponsored by Marshall failed 50-48 in a partisan vote.
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