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Nine House Republicans voted with Democrats on Wednesday to pass a stopgap funding bill that will avert a government shutdown, despite GOP leadership recommending a “no” vote.
The House passed the one-week continuing resolution in a 224-201 vote which will push Friday’s funding deadline to Dec. 23, giving appropriators more time to approve spending for the rest of fiscal year 2023.
It now heads to the Senate, which is expected to take up the measure before Friday’s deadline. If passed and signed into law by President Biden, the continuing resolution will keep the government funded at current levels until Dec. 23.
Nine House Republicans crossed the aisle and joined all voting Democrats in backing the measure: Reps. Adam Kinzinger (Ill.), Liz Cheney (Wyo.), Chris Jacobs (N.Y.), Anthony Gonzalez (Ohio), John Katko (N.Y.), Jaime Herrera Beutler (Wash.
