The House passed a two-year spending package, which increases government spending by $320 billion and suspends the debt limit through the end of July 2021.
The legislation, which has the support of President Donald Trump, passed 284-149 – though a majority of Republicans opposed it amid concerns about growing deficits. “This is not the bill that we would write, we’re not in the majority,” said House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif. “We are where we are. We put a plan together that had to have compromise.”
The legislation now heads to the Senate, where Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., plans to bring it to a vote next week before the chamber leaves for its August recess. The bill is expected to clear the GOP-controlled Senate easily.
Meanwhile, Trump tweeted he was "pleased the House has passed our budget deal," calling the legislation "Great for our Military and our Vets."
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