Conservatives Fuming After House Passes $1.2 Trillion Spending Bill

Published on March 22, 2024

Republicans are railing against the $1.2 trillion spending package to fund the government for the remainder of the fiscal year after it passed through the House on March 22. The bill passed 286–134, with 112 Republicans and 23 Democrats against it and another 101 Republicans voting for it. GOP support for the bill drew ire from Republicans in both the House and Senate within minutes of the House passing the funding package. “Take note of the [Republicans] who vote for this spending bill and get them out of Washington,” Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) said in a post on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. “If we don’t take a stand, we will lose this country. You are seeing the beginning of the end for the United States of America,” the congressman added....

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