Washington DC, March 22: Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., walks through Statuary Hall to the House floor to vote on the $1.2 T funding package in the US Capitol. Image: SHAWN THEW/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
By: FEDweek StaffUPDATED: The House passed a $1.2 trillion bill (286 to 134) on Friday, later followed by the Senate early Saturday morning (74 – 24) that was then shortly after by President Biden – fully funding the government through September 30.
The bill released Thursday funds agencies covered by six of the 12 regular appropriations bills—which together account for well more than half of federal employment. Those are the bills for Defense, Financial Services-General Government, Homeland Security, Labor-HHS-Education, Legislative Branch, and State-Foreign Operations.
Agencies under the other bills already received funding through September 30.
Leaders on Thursday expressed confidence that both the House and Senate would get the funding bills passed.
However, rifts – particularly in the House GOP had thrown into question whether the Friday midnight deadline could be met given rules in both chambers requiring notice and debate time before holding a vote.
House speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., was quoted as saying after the vote there simply wasn’t enough time to allow that debate to play out. The measure passed with more Democrat votes than Republicans, something that lead to the ouster of his predecessor, Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-CA, who left Congress last year. After the vote, Rep. Marjory Taylor Greene set in motion a process to remove Johnson as speaker, calling the bill a “wishlist for Democrats” – although that motion to vacate has not been called for a vote. She later called it a “warning.”
With Congress set to recess Monday (March 25) for two weeks, it managed to end for now the series of deadlines and last-minute extensions over six months since the current fiscal year started.
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