{"id":2531547,"date":"2026-01-08T15:33:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T20:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-passes-three-spending-bills-in-latest-effort-to-avoid-shutdown\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T15:35:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T20:35:37","slug":"house-passes-three-spending-bills-in-latest-effort-to-avoid-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-passes-three-spending-bills-in-latest-effort-to-avoid-shutdown\/","title":{"rendered":"House passes three spending bills in latest effort to avoid shutdown"},"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\">22<\/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-three-spending-bills-in-latest-effort-to-avoid-shutdown%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=2531547&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--><p>The House voted 397-28 to pass three appropriations bills &#8211; Commerce, Justice and Science; Energy and Water; and Interior and Environment &#8211; moving a minibus intended to help avert a goverment shutdown. Leaders temporarily split the minibus for separate votes (commerce versus the othre two) to placate fiscal hawks,and roughly 27 Republicans opposed the package,largely over the commerce bill. Lawmakers also stripped a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >roughly  million earmark<\/a> from Rep. Ilhan Omar for the Justice Empowerment Initiative after GOP objections. The measures now go to the Senate; the White House indicated President Trump would sign them if unchanged, and top Senate appropriators backed the bills, though Colorado senators have placed a hold related to concerns about the National Center for Atmospheric Research that could slow progress. Passage narrows the path to avoiding a shutdown, while some Democrats are pressing to use appropriations language to address ICE after a recent Minneapolis shooting.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">House passes three spending bills in latest effort to avoid shutdown<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2467270\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-of-representatives\/\">House of Representatives<\/a>&nbsp;voted to pass three appropriations bills on Thursday, a win for appropriators and GOP leadership after <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4410099\/house-overcomes-earmark-dispute-advances-spending-bills\/\">quelling a conservative rebellion<\/a> the day before that threatened to tank the legislation.<\/p>\n<p>The chamber voted 397 to 28 to pass the Commerce, Justice, and Science&nbsp;bill, the Energy and Water, and the Interior and Environment bills. The minibus was split up for individual votes &mdash; one on commerce and one on the other two &mdash; before being &ldquo;smashed&rdquo; back together for a final vote, after leaders agreed to give fiscal hawks a separate vote on the commerce legislation to show their displeasure.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4411728\/house-override-vote-trump-second-term-colorado-florida\/\">Trump&#8217;s second-term vetos stay intact after House fails to override<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4411456\/kimmel-applauds-minneapolis-mayor-jacob-frey-response-ice\/\">Kimmel applauds Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey&#8217;s response to ICE<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4411501\/ken-jennings-endorses-2028-candidate-prosecute-former-regime\/\">Ken Jennings endorses 2028 candidate who would &lsquo;prosecute the former regime at every level&rsquo;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>While most Republicans supported the legislation, 27 voted against the minibus largely due to issues with the commerce bill.<\/p>\n<p>Leaders also struck an earmark from Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) in the Commerce, Justice, and Science bill, which called for&nbsp;a little over $1 million&nbsp;in funding for the Justice Empowerment Initiative by Generation Hope.&nbsp;But, after heightened attention on Minnesota due to allegations of widespread fraud by Somali organizations, Republicans demanded that her earmark be stripped in exchange for their votes on a procedural measure Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Chalk one up for the good guys,&rdquo; Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) wrote Wednesday night. &ldquo;Proud to work the last two days to stop the outrageous Ilhan Omar $1 million Somali earmark. Much more to do.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>With the three bills passed by the House, they will now be sent to the Senate for consideration. The White House issued a statement that advisers to Trump would support him signing the legislation into law if the bills remain as is. The top Democrat and Republican appropriators in the Senate have offered their support of the bills, but the Senate could face some roadblocks, as Colorado&rsquo;s senators&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cpr.org\/2025\/12\/19\/colorado-senators-hold-up-appropriations-package-ncars-future\/\">issued a hold&nbsp;<\/a>on all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/appropriators-unveil-three-bill-package-in-bid-to-stave-off-shutdown-2-0\/\" title=\"Appropriators unveil three-bill package in bid to stave off shutdown 2.0\">appropriations bills back<\/a> in December 2025 over the Trump administration&rsquo;s work to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder.<\/p>\n<p>The hold essentially prevented Senate leadership from moving forward on a five-bill minibus before the holidays, though that minibus would have likely met staunch opposition from House fiscal hawks.<\/p>\n<p>The passage of the three appropriations bills brings Congress one step closer to avoiding another government shutdown, as both Republican and Democratic appropriators have repeatedly stated they do not want to pass another continuing resolution.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4399593\/key-lawmakers-congress-looming-shutdown\/\">KEY LAWMAKERS TO WATCH AS CONGRESS FACES ANOTHER LOOMING SHUTDOWN DEADLINE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>However, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement-related shooting in Minneapolis on Wednesday has some Democrats calling for appropriators to demand restrictions on ICE in upcoming appropriations legislation, such as Defense or Homeland Security.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said on Thursday during a press conference that that was something Democrats will take a look at, though Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LauraEWeiss16\/status\/2009310455655702947\">told<\/a> reporters there are &ldquo;other ways to deal with ICE&rdquo; when asked if she thought appropriations should be used as a response to the shooting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House passes 3 spending bills to avoid shutdown<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2648,"featured_media":2531548,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Tom-Cole-cc8c.webp?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[8974,39629,32304,65710],"class_list":["post-2531547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-appropriations","tag-government-shutdown","tag-house-of-representatives","tag-spending-bills"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Tom-Cole-cc8c.webp?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2531547","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\/2648"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2531547"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2531547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2531551,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2531547\/revisions\/2531551"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2531548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2531547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2531547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2531547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}