GOP-led House passes short-term spending bill in bipartisan vote

The GOP-led House on Tuesday passed House Speaker Mike Johnson's Continuing Resolution to avoid a government shutdown in a bipartisan vote.

The legislation passed overwhelmingly 336-95.

The CR continues the current level of federal spending and includes a one-year extension of the farm bill, which contains funding for food stamps or SNAP benefits.

Conservative House members had vowed to vote against the CR and released a formal statement in opposition to the measure ahead of the floor vote.

The bill "provides further continuing FY24 appropriations to federal agencies that fall under the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Transportation and Housing and Urban Development, Agriculture, and Energy and Water appropriations bills through January 19, 2024, and remaining agencies through February 2, 2024," according to House Majority Leader Steve Scalise's office.