The House has just passed the massive 1.4 trillion dollar omnibus bill that Chip Roy warned about earlier today, and they did it with veto proof majorities according to Rep. Thomas Massie, who wrote this on Twitter:
The two halves of the Omnibus bill just passed with veto proof majorities.
297 : 120
280 : 138We had less than 24 hours to review 2,000+ pages AND they added tax credits to it last night.#readthebills
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) December 17, 2019
House passes two 2020 Federal Spending Bills. https://t.co/EwFAjt0b2U
Go now to the Senate. pic.twitter.com/LHEN24ipN6
— CSPAN (@cspan) December 17, 2019
“Veto proof majorities” means plenty of Republicans voted for the bills. Trump is expected to sign both bills:
The House just approved two massive spending bills funding federal agencies through September 2020. Both expected to be approved by the Senate. WH adviser Kellyanne Conway told reporters the president will sign them. Government agencies run out of money at midnight on Friday.
— Deirdre Walsh (@deirdrekwalsh) December 17, 2019
There is no roll call vote available yet, but we’ll link to it when we get it.
UPDATE: Here’s the links to the roll call votes for the trillion dollar spending bills:
— Non-Defense – 297 : 120
— Defense – 280 : 138
For now, here’s a couple tweets that I found related to the vote:
House passes spending bills.
Defense measure: 280-138, with 130 Republicans and 150 Democrats voting yes, and 62 Republicans and 75 Dems voting no.
Non-Defense: 297-120, with 218 Democrats and 79 Republicans, and 7 Dems and 112 Republicans as noes. https://t.co/khCErqzJ18
— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) December 17, 2019
I just voted NO on the spending packages.
In the 11th hour, Democrats jammed a spending bill through the House that authorizes $1.4 trillion in federal spending while most of my colleagues already have one foot in the TSA PreCheck line to head home for the holidays. pic.twitter.com/bCTKziegli
— Ron Wright (@RepRonWright) December 17, 2019