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House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries called the passage of the government funding bill "a victory" for the American people during remarks after the vote. "House Democrats have successfully ...
The last-minute gambit paid off, and 30 minutes past the Friday midnight deadline, Congress managed to dodge a shutdown. The bill passed by a vote of 366 to 34 in the House and 85 to 11 in the Senate.
Following the vote, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y. touted the passage of the government funding extension as a win for Democrats.Without Democratic help, the bill would not have ...
On November 15, 19 Freedom Caucus members joined with Democrats to block a rule vote on a bill funding the Justice Department. [39] In December 2023, Jeffries and the House Democratic Caucus provided the majority of the votes, 163-147, to pass the National Defense Authorization Act, allowing it to pass under suspension of the rules. The bill ...
House lawmakers voted to avoid a federal government shutdown on Friday. The Senate passed the stopgap funding bill minutes after the midnight deadline passed. The vote caps a week full of drama on ...
Here are the 38 Republicans who departed from the future president and joined Democrats in voting against the continuing resolution. ... pass a government funding bill at the U.S. Capitol on ...
In the House, 218 votes are needed to pass a bill; if 200 Democrats are the minority and 235 Republicans are the majority, the Hastert rule would not allow 200 Democrats and 100 Republicans together to pass a bill, because 100 Republican votes is short of a majority of the majority party, so the speaker would not allow a vote to take place. [4]
“You can’t primary” every Republican who voted against the spending bill, Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., said after the vote. “I mean, you can,” Massie added. “You’ll weed out the weak.