{"id":7193,"date":"2025-03-12T12:20:59","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T12:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/house-passes-spending-bill-in-attempt-to-avert-a-government-shutdown\/"},"modified":"2025-03-12T12:20:59","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T12:20:59","slug":"house-passes-spending-bill-in-attempt-to-avert-a-government-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/house-passes-spending-bill-in-attempt-to-avert-a-government-shutdown\/","title":{"rendered":"House passes spending bill in attempt to avert a government shutdown"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The House narrowly passed a spending bill on Tuesday, clearing the first hurdle to avert a government shutdown as the bill now moves to the Senate for a vote.<\/p>\n

The six-month continuing resolution passed 217-213, with all Republicans<\/a> — except Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky — voting for the bill at the urging of President Donald Trump<\/a> and House Speaker Mike Johnson. Rep. Jared Golden of Maine was the only Democrat to support the bill.<\/p>\n

Although House Democrats have historically voted to support such stopgap measures, Democratic leaders have said that this time around the spending bill would only <\/strong>help Trump and billionaire Elon Musk continue to enact sweeping cuts across the federal government.<\/p>\n

A handful of House Republicans <\/a>were tight-lipped on how they were leaning ahead of the vote. Massie was the only one among his GOP colleagues who publicly refused to support the measure, criticizing such short-term extensions to keep the government open.<\/p>\n

“It amazes me that my colleagues and many of the public fall for the lie that we will fight another day,” he wrote on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Massie ultimately remained the lone Republican to defy Trump and Johnson by opposing the bill.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Clarissa-je Lim<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Clarissa-Jan Lim is a breaking\/trending news blogger for BLN Digital. She was previously a senior reporter and editor at BuzzFeed News.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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