The House narrowly moved a massive spending bill forward Thursday, setting up a potentially close final vote. The bill has been criticized for easing rules on campaign finance and the banking industry. But its supporters say it's a bipartisan deal that would fund most of the U.S. government until next October.
The final vote on the $1.014 trillion measure could be a close one, if a preliminary House rules vote Thursday is any sign. No Democrats voted in favor, and more than a dozen Republicans defected to vote against.
We'll update this post with news from the debate over the bill and the vote.
Shortly after noon Thursday, the bill squeezed by in the rules vote, 214-212, after Republican leaders including Speaker John Boehner and Chief Deputy Whip Patrick McHenry, walked the floor to bolster support, NPR's Juana Summers reports.
You can read the bill, broken down by government agency, on the House Appropriations Committee site.
Due to the party breakdown in the House, if more than 17 Republicans vote against the bill, its future would depend on Democrats breaking ranks. If the spending bill doesn't pass this week, Congress would likely be forced to enact a short-term continuing resolution to avoid a federal shutdown.
The Hill tells us who voted with the Democrats against the spending measure:
"The 16 Republican defectors were Reps. Justin Amash (Mich.), Michele Bachmann (Minn.), Dave Brat (Va.), Mo Brooks (Ala.), Paul Broun (Ga.), Louie Gohmert (Texas), Paul Gosar (Ariz.), Tim Huelskamp (Kan.), Walter Jones (N.C.), Jim Jordan (Ohio), Steve King (Iowa), Raúl Labrador (Idaho), Thomas Massie (Ky.), Bill Posey (Fla.), Matt Salmon (Ariz.) and Steve Stockman (Texas)."
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