The Chamber approved the legislation on March 11 to finance the federal government Until September 30, The end of its fiscal exercise, but it is not clear whether Republicans have enough votes to the Senate to approve the bill, which includes billions of dollars in cuts in construction programs.
The legislators largely voted throughout the party line, passing the continuous resolution with a vote of 217-213. Only a Republican, the representative Thomas Massie (Ky.) Voted against the spending bill and only a Democrat, the representative Jared Golden (Maine) voted in favor.
“It’s clean [continuing resolution]”, He told journalists Mike Johnson (r-la.) A after voting.” Freda the funding. This is responsible for doing. “
Cuts to the Corps of Engineers, Financing of Transportation
The bill reduces $ 13 billion from non -unfaulted spending, while increasing defense expenditure by $ 6 billion compared to 2024 tax levels. For the construction industry, these cuts include $ 1.4 billion for the Civil Projects of the United States Army Corps and $ 2 billion for security projects.
The stop project is now heading to the Senate, where it will need bipartisan support on Friday night to prevent a government stop. Republicans occupy 53 seats in the Senate and need 60 votes to advance the bill. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) has already said he will vote against.
Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Vice President of the Senate Appropriating Committee, criticized the cuts of the bill, saying that he would give too many direct control over Government spending to President Donald Trump and his unofficial advisor, the billionaire Elon Musk. Murray has introduced a short -term expense bill that would give legislators another month to negotiate a bill for a whole year.
“The Chamber Republicans do not try to responsibly the government,” Murray said on the Senate floor. “They are trying to turn it into a Slush fund so that Trump and Musk can be exercised, as they consider it appropriate so that they can focus completely on the billionaire’s tax cuts.”
However, some Democrats have said they would support the bill. Senator John Fetterman (D-Pa.) He wrote about X, known as Twitter, who, although he did not disagree with many points in the Century Bill, “would never vote to close our government.”
Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine), chair of the Senate Appropriating Committee, said that legislators should focus on “preventing unnecessary and expensive government closure.”
