The GOP-controlled House passed the bill, which funds military construction and the Department of Veterans Affairs, in a 219-211 vote.
Republican Reps. Ken Buck of Colorado and Tim Burchett of Tennessee joined Democrats in voting against the legislation.
Republican leaders said that they do not want a government shutdown, but they will have to act fast when they return in September. Lawmakers will have just three weeks to send the spending bills to President Biden before the Sept. 30 shutdown deadline. Divisions among House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s Republicans forced the delay of a vote on the spending bill for the Agriculture Department and related agencies, which had been scheduled for Thursday. The bill now will wait until September because conservative hard-liners wanted another $7 billion in cuts and more moderate Republicans balked at language stopping the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of mail-order abortion pills.
They urged Republican leaders to reveal the topline spending number for the dozen bills that fund the government. Their sights were set on $1.47 trillion as the topline number for all 12 bills. They said a government shutdown when current funding expires on Sept. 30 would be acceptable in their quest for deeper cuts.
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