{"id":2204134,"date":"2024-03-22T12:18:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T16:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-passes-final-spending-bills-over-republican-opposition\/"},"modified":"2024-03-22T13:09:17","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T17:09:17","slug":"house-passes-final-spending-bills-over-republican-opposition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-passes-final-spending-bills-over-republican-opposition\/","title":{"rendered":"House approves last spending bills amid Republican resistance"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-passes-final-spending-bills-over-republican-opposition%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2204134&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The House \u200bTakes Decisive Action to Prevent Shutdown<\/h2>\n<p>The House made a significant move\u2064 on Friday by passing\u200b the final portion of its <a title=\"Bob Livingston: The Need For Regular Order\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bob-livingston-the-need-for-regular-order\/\">annual appropriations bills<\/a>. This crucial \u200dstep, just hours before federal funding\u200b faced potential lapses,\u200c highlights the government&#8217;s \u200bcommitment to avoid a\u2062 shutdown affecting numerous agencies.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Lawmakers approved the $1.2 trillion spending bill with\u2064 a 286-134 vote, surpassing the two<a title=\"Louisiana House unable to overturn Governor's veto on gender identity parental permission bill.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/louisiana-house-fails-to-override-governors-veto-of-gender-identity-parental-permission-bill\/\">-thirds threshold\u2062 required<\/a> for \u2062progression.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Despite <a title=\"Radical attempts Alinsky's tactics on Utah School Board, but Bible-supporting parents prevail.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/radical-tries-using-alinskys-rules-on-utah-school-board-but-bible-backing-parents-get-the-upper-hand\/\">facing strong opposition<\/a> from Republican\u200c representatives, the spending package successfully cleared \u2062the House, albeit \u2062with less than half of the \u200dGOP\u200c conference backing\u2063 the measure.<\/p>\n<h3>A Comprehensive Funding Package to Sustain Vital Services<\/h3>\n<p>The passed \u2064legislation, known as a \u200b&#8221;minibus,&#8221; consolidates\u2064 funding for six\u2064 critical spending bills covering key departments like Defense, State, Labor, Health, Homeland \u200bSecurity, and foreign operations. This comprehensive package spans approximately 70% of the federal government, effectively concluding the <a title=\"House Republican may consider 'Motion to Vacate' against Speaker Johnson\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republican-wont-rule-out-motion-to-vacate-against-speaker-johnson\/\">fiscal 2024 appropriations process<\/a> nearly half a year after its commencement.<\/p>\n<p>Both Republican and Democratic leaders have hailed the \u2064legislation as a victory in the lead-up to its House approval. \u200dNevertheless, some staunch Republicans criticize it as a display \u200cof\u2062 inadequate \u200bleadership, with accusations leveled at House\u200d Speaker Mike Johnson for \u2064allegedly failing to secure essential\u2064 GOP provisions in the meticulously negotiated 1,012-page bill.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Winning Concessions for Stronger Border Security<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Republican leaders highlight the bill&#8217;s\u200c achievements in border security, securing funding for <a title=\"Biden Promises to Veto Republican Bill That Would Keep Trump-Era \" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-promises-to-veto-republican-bill-that-would-keep-trump-era-remain-in-mexico-policy-in-place\/\">additional border agents<\/a>,\u200c a substantial spending boost for border \u200ctechnology, and reduced federal funding for NGOs providing aid to immigrants on\u200c asylum claims.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats, on the \u200dother\u2062 hand, negotiated\u2062 the exclusion of significant\u2062 aspects of the GOP&#8217;s border-focused bill in the final spending legislation. This omission, particularly \u200bconcerning\u200c H.R. 2, has sparked controversy among some \u200dRepublican factions who\u2062 abstained from supporting the bill.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) criticized the \u200cbill, decrying the perceived lack of Republican leadership and describing it\u200d as an &#8220;abomination.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Despite the bill&#8217;s bipartisan support, 22 Democrats dissented, particularly objecting to provisions related to \u2063Israel and border security.<\/p>\n<p>The next stage sees the spending bill proceeding to the Senate for further deliberation before \u2063potentially \u200breaching President Joe Biden&#8217;s desk. \u2062Any \u2062objections in the Senate could spell delays in passage, bringing uncertainty to the timeline before the bill undergoes\u200d the final vote.<\/p>\n<p>The impending threat\u200c of a government shutdown \u2064at 12:01 a.m. \u200con Saturday looms, emphasizing\u200b the pressing need for prompt and unified action in the Senate.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stay informed by reading\u2064 more from The \u2062Washington \u2062Examiner.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday, the House passed its remaining annual appropriations bills to prevent a shutdown. Just hours before funding lapses for many agencies, lawmakers approved the $1.2 trillion spending bill with a 286-134 vote, surpassing the two-thirds threshold required for progression<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2640,"featured_media":2204135,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP24080539941075-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"House approves last spending bills amid Republican resistance","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2204134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP24080539941075-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"House approves last spending bills amid Republican resistance","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2204134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2640"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2204134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2204134\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2204135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2204134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2204134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2204134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}