House Passes $1.2 Trillion Bill, Hours Before Shutdown Deadline
- Senate aims to vote to avert partial Saturday US closure
- Conservatives angered, one lawmaker threatens to oust speaker
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The House passed a $1.2 trillion government funding bill hours before a midnight Friday partial government shutdown deadline, rebuffing conservatives’ demands for deep cuts to domestic spending.
In response, hardline Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia took the first steps toward ousting House Speaker Mike Johnson. It wasn’t immediately clear whether other Republicans would join her or even whether she would follow through on the threat by forcing a vote on his removal.