BREAKING: House Passes Omnibus

The House on Friday passed the $1.7 trillion Omnibus bill by a vote of 225-201.

The monstrosity now heads to Biden’s desk, with the Senate already passing the bill Thursday afternoon.

The spending package averts a government shutdown through September and sets spending levels at every agency in government.

The $1.7 trillion omnibus bill just passed with the support of:

216 House Democrats
9 House Republicans

50 Senate Democrats
18 Senate Republicans

Only 1 Democrat voted no: AOC

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225-201-1, House approves Omnibus $1.7 trillion funding bill, nearly three months after the initial deadline and marking the end of legislative businesses day.

9 republicans voted yes and AOC was the one democrat that voted no.

Thank you democrats!

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BREAKING: $1.7 trillion omnibus bill passes in the House, 225-201

9 House Republicans voted yes:

Cheney
Rodney Davis
Fitzpatrick
Herrera Beutler
Jacobs
Katko
Kinzinger
Upton
Womack

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Government Executive reported:

The House approved the measure over the objection of nearly all House Republicans, who had hoped to punt on full-year appropriations until January when they will hold a majority. The current slim Democratic majority held strong, providing enough votes to get the funding package over the finish line.

The underlying spending package provides an overall increase to non-defense discretionary spending of about 6% for a total of $773 billion, while Defense spending is set to soar by 10% to $858 billion. While Democrats failed to achieve their goal of equal funding increases on the two sides, the bill will achieve key priorities for both parties. It will also provide supplemental funding of about $45 billion for Ukraine aid and $41 billion for disaster relief.

An agreement on the omnibus bill had evaded appropriators for months as they sought a compromise on the top-line funding level and the defense and non-defense spending levels. Democrats had threatened to write their own omnibus or pass a year-long continuing resolution, but ultimately lawmakers reached an agreement last week and subsequently scrambled to fill in the details. Negotiators released the text of the omnibus early Tuesday morning and rushed to find an agreement on which amendments would receive votes in the Senate and the timing of final passage. While some lawmakers bemoaned the condensed schedule, the looming snowstorm and the appeal of getting home for the holidays created an opening for all 100 senators to go along with the expedited timeline.

“A lot of hard work, a lot of compromise,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said after the spending package passed his chamber on Thursday.

“But we funded the government with an aggressive investment in American families, American workers, American national defense,” he added.

“It is one of the most significant appropriations packages we’ve done in a really long time.”

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In reality, it’s another special interest earmark and pork-infested bill of wasteful spending that does nothing to help Americans.