Democratic leaders are taking a victory lap after the House passed a temporary spending bill to keep the government funded for 45 days, framing the legislation as a win for their party and taking credit for averting a government shutdown.
The House voted Saturday to pass a clean continuing resolution in a last-ditch effort to keep the government open less than 10 hours before the fiscal year ended and federal funding was set to lapse. The bill passed with overwhelming bipartisan support, with only 90 Republicans and one Democrat voting against it.
"We went from devastating cuts that would have impacted the health, safety, and economic wellbeing of the American people [to a] spending agreement that meets the needs of the American people across the board [and is] entirely consistent with what Democrats have said from the very beginning: The only path forward a bipartisan spending agreement that keeps government open avoids a catastrophic government shutdown," House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said.
“Today, Democrats came to the rescue," she said."Speaker McCarthy admitted defeat and asked Democrats to put out the fire that he and his party had started.” "The fact that we're reverting to the normal muscle memory of Washington to pass a continuing resolution is certainly disappointing," he said.
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