The House managed to pass its annual State Department and Foreign Operations spending bill, overcoming a small faction of Republican lawmakers who opposed the legislation due to some provisions that allocated funds to go toward the war in Ukraine.
Lawmakers voted 216-212 in favor of the bill, narrowly overcoming the majority threshold needed to pass the House and be sent to the Senate for consideration. Its passage marks a small win for House GOP leaders who have pushed to pass spending legislation over the last month to give the lower chamber some sort of leverage to enter into negotiations with the Senate to end a looming government shutdown.Only two House Republicans opposed the bill: Reps.
Greene was the lone Republican lawmaker to vote against advancing the appropriations bill earlier this week because of the inclusion of Ukraine aid. The Georgia Republican also opposed advancing the annual defense spending bill for the same reason, noting both bills would be “dead on arrival” if the aid were not removed.
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