House narrowly passes three spending bills with days to go before government shutdownBy Victor Nava
Published Sep. 29, 2023
House lawmakers narrowly passed three appropriations bills Thursday that fund the State Department and foreign operations, the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security through fiscal year 2024, as Republicans inch closer to a vote on a measure that could temporarily avert a government shutdown.
The State Department and foreign operations legislation passed in a 216-212 vote, with Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa) voting against the bill – the only Republicans to do so.
Provisions in the annual spending bill that would make funds available to Ukraine as it counters Russia’s invasion were a sticking point for some Republican lawmakers, such as Greene, who called the $50 billion bill a “blank check for Joe Biden to fund his proxy war in Ukraine.”
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) stripped $300 million in Ukraine aid from the Defense spending bill Wednesday night in an effort to garner more GOP support for the measure.
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https://nypost.com/2023/09/29/house-passes-three-spending-bills-with-days-to-go-before-government-shutdown/
