House lawmakers voted overwhelmingly in support of Speaker of the House Mike Johnson’s stopgap spending bill to fund the government through March 2025 and provide disaster relief to hurricane victims Friday evening.
The bill’s passage was a sigh of relief to House Republican leadership who failed to secure enough support to pass a stopgap spending bill with a debt ceiling hike attached on Thursday. (RELATED: Mike Johnson’s Broken Promises On CR May Have Just Cost Him The Speakership)
The stopgap spending bill, known as a continuing resolution (CR), will head to the Senate for consideration. Government funding expires Friday night at midnight.
“If you vote no on this bill, you are effectively voting to shut down the government,” Republican Oklahoma Rep. Tom Cole, chair of the House Appropriations Committee, warned lawmakers during floor debate on the CR. “If you vote
