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House Passes Government Funding Bill, But Senate Prospects Uncertain As Potential Shutdown Looms
The House narrowly passed a bill to fund the government for six months through the end of the fiscal year. Lawmakers voted 217-213 for the bill. Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME) was the lone Democratic vote for it; Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) was the only Republican against it. The vote was a victory for Speaker Mike […]
Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton, the non-voting representative from the District of Columbia, said that the spending bill was an “act of fiscal sabotage” against the city. She said that bill would put D.C. funding at fiscal 2024 levels, forcing the city to slash more than $1 billion even though the city-approved budget has been in place for the past six months. But he also rejected Democrats’ calls to limit the work of Elon Musk, as he and his Department of Government Efficiency slash federal agencies and make mass layoffs of workers.
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