Nearly two dozen Democrats broke with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries to pass a sprawling funding package on Tuesday afternoon,
Nearly two dozen Democrats broke with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries to pass a sprawling funding package on Tuesday afternoon, ending the four-day partial government shutdown.
Lawmakers voted 217-214 to approve the Senate-passed deal that funds nearly 80% of the federal budget through Sept. 30, including the Departments of War, Treasury and State among other agencies. The House also signed off on a two-week extension of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding while Senate Democrats and the White House continue to negotiate reforms to immigration enforcement.
More than 190 Democrats — including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and his leadership team — voted “no” on the funding deal brokered between Senate Democrats and the White House. Top House Democrats insisted Tuesday that there is no antagonism toward their Democratic colleagues in the upper chamber despite opposing the spending framework negotiated in part by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.
Among the 21 Democratic lawmakers who voted for the funding deal is Connecticut Rep. Rosa DeLauro, the lead Democrat on the Appropriations Committee, who lauded the “bipartisan” negotiations that crafted the five appropriations bills.
“Did we get everything we wanted, hell no,” DeLauro said Monday. “Did the Republicans get everything they wanted, hell no.”
House Speaker Mike Johnson ripped Democrats for opposing the spending deal to end the partial shutdown.
“What they’ll be shutting down is FEMA operations as we’re cleaning up from the winter storms.
