WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives passed legislation Tuesday to avert a partial government shutdown and fund federal agencies through September, providing critical momentum as the measure now moves to the Senate, where bipartisan support will be needed to get it over the finish line.
Vice President JD Vance arrives for a closed-door meeting as House Republicans push ahead with a with a go-it-alone strategy on an interim GOP spending bill that would keep federal agencies funded through Sept. 30 despite key Republican holdouts and united opposition from Democrats, at the Capitol, in Washington, Tuesday, March 11, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., meets with reporters as House Republicans push ahead with a go-it-alone strategy on an interim GOP spending bill that would keep federal agencies funded through Sept. 30, at the Capitol, in Washington, Tuesday, March 11, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole, R-Okla., discusses the Republican-crafted plan as the House Rules Committee prepares a spending bill that would keep federal agencies funded through Sept. 30, at the Capitol, in Washington, Monday, March 10, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
FILE - Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., joined at right by Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., both members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, speaks as the House Rules Committee meets to prepare the debt limit bill, at the Capitol in Washington, May 30, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., center, flanked by Rep. Pete Aguilar, D-Calif., left, and Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Mass., the House minority whip, speaks to reporters outside the House chamber as Republicans prepare a spending bill that would keep federal agencies funded through Sept. 30, at the Capitol, in Washington, Monday, March 10, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Vice President JD Vance arrives for a closed-door meeting as House Republicans push ahead with a with a go-it-alone strategy on an interim GOP spending bill that would keep federal agencies funded through Sept. 30 despite key Republican holdouts and united opposition from Democrats, at the Capitol, in Washington, Tuesday, March 11, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., meets with reporters as House Republicans push ahead with a go-it-alone strategy on an interim GOP spending bill that would keep federal agencies funded through Sept. 30, at the Capitol, in Washington, Tuesday, March 11, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole, R-Okla., discusses the Republican-crafted plan as the House Rules Committee prepares a spending bill that would keep federal agencies funded through Sept. 30, at the Capitol, in Washington, Monday, March 10, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
FILE - Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., joined at right by Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., both members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, speaks as the House Rules Committee meets to prepare the debt limit bill, at the Capitol in Washington, May 30, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., center, flanked by Rep. Pete Aguilar, D-Calif., left, and Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Mass., the House minority whip, speaks to reporters outside the House chamber as Republicans prepare a spending bill that would keep federal agencies funded through Sept. 30, at the Capitol, in Washington, Monday, March 10, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
