House Advances 4 Spending Bills as McCarthy Vows Funding Stopgap to Avert Shutdown

Speaker McCarthy united his caucus in considering four appropriations bills, which he hopes to leverage in passing a CR laced with border security measures.

The House of Representatives side of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington on July 31, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

The House of Representatives passed a procedural vote allowing consideration of four spending bills totaling nearly $1.1 trillion, which marks a significant step toward the completion of the appropriations process just five days before the end of the fiscal year.

Moments after the Sept. 26 vote, Mr. McCarthy said he would bring a continuing resolution (CR) to the House floor by the end of the week to temporarily extend government funding as the budgeting and appropriations process continues.