If the Senate approves the bill, the measure would provide government funding and avert a shutdown for 45 days.
House Democrats—and Speaker Kevin McCarthy —lauded a last-minute stopgap measure that passed the chamber on Saturday in an effort to avert a government shutdown, calling the resolution a “clean” bill, despite its lack of funding for Ukraine, even after Democrats pleaded for additional military aid.NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Imageson X, progressive Rep.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries also celebrated the vote, saying “all extreme right-wing policies have been removed” from it, arguing in aDemocrats “held the line and won for the American people,” in a post, calling the bill a “surrender” by MAGA Republicans.of the resolution, which still needs Senate approval: “We stopped the MAGA extreme funding bill” and that “McCarthy admitted defeat.”after the vote, and called out threats from far-right Rep.
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