US House passes bill to avert government shutdown

Democrats and mainstream Republicans join forces with vote of 336 to 95 to advance stopgap spending package

The House on Tuesday approved a novel plan to prevent a government shutdown, with the recently installed Republican House speaker Mike Johnson relying on Democratic votes as the far-right flank of his caucus dissented.

A coalition of nearly every Democratic representative and more mainstream Republicans joined forces to advance the stopgap spending package by a vote of 336 to 95, easily clearing the two-thirds threshold needed for passage under an expedited process. Ninety-three Republicans and two Democrats opposed the bill, which would fund the federal government into early 2024.