WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congress has approved a short-term spending measure to avoid a partial government shutdown.
The first of two deadlines to avoid a shutdown was tomorrow at midnight. A winter storm, expected to hit Washington on Friday, accelerated lawmakers to get the deal done today. The Senate passed the continuing resolution, or “stop-gap’ measure this afternoon. The House raced to approve the Senate’s just before 5 p.m. Thursday evening.
The majority party in the House was split on the vote. Over 100 Republicans voted against the short-term funding bill and said their opposition stems from a failure to address the southern border.
UP Representative Jack Bergman (R- MI) was among those who did not support the resolution.
“If we don’t secure our borders, we won’t have a Nation to fund. Until Congress gets serious about securing the border – I will not support another dime of federal spending. I understand Republicans only have the majority in the House of Representatives, and spending negotiations with the Senate and White House will not yield perfect solutions,” said Rep. Bergman on X, formerly Twitter, this afternoon. “We’ve waited long enough, we’ve kicked the can long enough, and we’ve ‘held out for a bipartisan solution’ long enough. I will be loudly voting no on today’s Continuing Resolution.”
The short-term funding bill pushes the new deadlines to early March.
