Congress on Thursday sent legislation to avert a partial government shutdown to President Biden, racing to fund federal agencies through early March one day before money was to run out.

Over the strenuous opposition of far-right Republicans, the House voted 314 to 108 to approve the stopgap funding just hours after the Senate provided overwhelming bipartisan backing for the measure in a 77-to-18 vote, allowing lawmakers to narrowly beat a Friday deadline.

In the end, Mr. Johnson was only able to cobble together a bare majority of Republicans voting on the bill, with 107 backing it and 106 opposed. Democrats supplied the bulk of the support.

Alternative non-paywalled source: ABC News

  • FuglyDuck
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    2410 months ago

    So, they gonna dump his ass next week?

    • @TropicalDingdong
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      1310 months ago

      It would be a great thing for their opposition if they did.

      Just stacks and stacks of evidence that they cant govern.

      • @LEDZeppelin
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        410 months ago

        They get elected not to govern or legislate.

        • @HandBash
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          110 months ago

          “Government never works, elect me and I will prove it to you.”

    • @[email protected]
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      1010 months ago

      God I hope not. I can’t believe I’m even saying that. He’s been better than I thought. But to be fair, I had the bar set so unbelievably low for him. He should get no credit for doing the bare minimum, but the bare minimum has been a lofty goal for Republicans in the House as of late.

      • FuglyDuck
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        310 months ago

        Maybe the third time really is the charm!