WASHINGTON — House lawmakers today passed a stopgap funding bill through Nov. 21, in a move to avoid a government shutdown at the end of the fiscal year later this month.
The bill passed in a 217-212 vote, which fell largely along partisan lines with one Democrat, Jared Golden from Maine, voting in favor and two Republicans — Victoria Spartz from Indiana and Thomas Massie from Kentucky — voting against it.
The continuing resolution is largely “clean,” meaning that funding is for the most part kept at the same levels of the previous fiscal year.
Now the bill has to go through the Senate, which could be tricky with Republicans needing 60 votes to pass the bill but holding only a 53-vote majority. Senate Majority Leader John Thune told reporters on Tuesday that he is planning on holding lawmakers over the weekend for a procedural vote on the bill that would allow a final vote when they return to DC on Sept. 29 after a weeklong break.
The Defense Department has been under a continuing resolution for the entirety of FY25, marking the first time ever that Congress was unable to pass a defense budget for the year.
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Valerie Insinna contributed to this report.