UPDATE
House passes 2023 Spending Bill 225-201…
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Despite Rightwingnuts and Donald Trump’s effort to stall the 2023 Spending Budget Bill….
It WILL be passed in the House and some Republican House members WILL vote ‘Aye’…..
The House will vote on a $1.7 trillion government funding package Friday, one day after the Senate approved the measure and just hours before the midnight shutdown deadline.
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) announced the vote on the House floor Thursday afternoon, shortly after the Senate approved the omnibus bill. He said a vote in the House was kicked to Friday because the meticulous process for preparing the bill — which spans 4,155 pages — to move from the Senate to the House would take hours….
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The House on Friday will also take up a short-term continuing resolution that would kick the funding deadline to Dec. 30. That gives the bill time to process once passed without triggering a government shutdown. The Senate approved the measure by unanimous consent Thursday afternoon.
“So again, we will be having no further votes tonight, we will convene at 9 a.m., and votes will be conducted as soon thereafter as we are ready to do so,” Hoyer said on the floor…..
Biden Signs Government Funding Bill, Preventing Shutdown
The $1.7 trillion measure includes more money for the military and law enforcement, along with an overhaul of how Congress counts electoral votes in presidential elections….
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