Senate approves plan to fund the government through the new year

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Rep. Steve Scalise and House Speaker Mike Johnson speak to reporters ahead of the House vote on the funding bill. Associated Press/Photo by Mariam Zuhaib

Senate approves plan to fund the government through the new year

The U.S. Senate on Wednesday night passed a short-term funding measure to keep federal agencies running through the beginning of next year. House representatives on Tuesday passed the same measure with bipartisan support. More Democratic representatives in the House voted for the bill than Republicans. President Joe Biden is expected to sign the resolution before the current government funding patch expires Friday.

What is unique about this new spending bill? The measure proposed by House Speaker Mike Johnson splits the deadlines to pass full-year appropriations bills. Lawmakers must pass some bills before Jan. 19 and the rest by Feb. 2. Johnson’s new spending bill does not include Biden’s request for nearly $106 billion in wartime aid for Israel and Ukraine. The Republican-led House separately passed a $14.3 billion military aid bill for only Israel, but that bill was tabled Tuesday in the Democratic-led Senate.

Dig deeper: Read Leo Briceno’s report in The Stew about the latest stopgap funding measure.

Lauren Canterberry

Lauren Canterberry is a reporter for WORLD. She graduated from the World Journalism Institute and the University of Georgia with a degree in journalism, both in 2017. She worked as a local reporter in Texas and now lives in Georgia with her husband.