High-stakes vote fell along party lines, with just one Republican opposing it and one Democrat supporting it
House Republicans pulled off a near party-line vote on Tuesday to pass their controversial funding bill to curb the looming government shutdown, shipping it off to the Senate, where it still will face an uphill battle to pass.
The Trump-backed bill passed 217 to 213, with Kentucky representative Thomas Massie casting the sole Republican “no” vote, joining all but one House Democrats who had come out hard against it for slashing social programs and granting the Trump administration broader federal powers. Democrat Jared Golden of Maine joined Republicans in backing the measure.
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