The Republican-majority U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday took a key step toward funding the federal government past a March 14 deadline.
The short-term spending measure — also known as a continuing resolution (CR) — passed in a 217-213 vote, with one Republican voting no and one Democrat voting yes. The measure still has to pass the Republican-majority Senate to be signed into law.
Are CRs exempt from filibuster rules, and are there 8 democratic senators willing to buck the party to kiss Trump’s ass? Fetterman and …
It needs 60. It’s dead in the Senate.