After a nearly monthlong delay, the House on Wednesday passed the fiscal 2024 Legislative Branch appropriations bill.
The $5.3 billion bill represents a 4.7 percent cut from current spending levels. That total does not include Senate-only funds. The final tally on the floor was 214-197, with all Republicans who were present and four Democrats voting in favor.
Passage of the bill — the smallest of the 12 appropriations measures — was delayed by the unprecedented removal of then-Speaker Kevin McCarthy and the lengthy fracas that resulted in Louisiana Republican Mike Johnson winning the gavel. The House adopted a rule for the Legislative Branch bill on Oct. 3, just before McCarthy’s ouster at the hands of eight unruly Republicans and every Democrat voting in the House.
