众议院周五通过了一项1.7万亿美元的支出法案，该法案将防止政府在午夜耗尽资金，并向乌克兰额外提供450亿美元。
该法案现在正等待总统乔·拜登签署。
该法案以225-201票通过，9名共和党人支持该法案，他们是纽约州众议员约翰·卡特科、纽约州众议员克里斯·雅各布斯、怀俄明州众议员利兹·切尼、伊利诺伊州众议员亚当·金辛格、宾夕法尼亚州众议员布赖恩·菲茨帕特里克、密歇根州众议员弗雷德·厄普顿、伊利诺伊州众议员罗德尼·戴维斯、华盛顿州众议员海梅·埃雷拉·贝特勒和阿肯色州众议员史蒂夫·沃马克。纽约州民主党众议员亚历山大·奥卡西奥·科尔特斯(Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez)投了“不”，密歇根州民主党众议员拉希达·特拉伊布(Rashida Tlaib)投了“出席”。
众议院多数党领袖斯泰尼·霍耶在投票前表示:“这项法案是一项至关重要的立法，不仅可以让我们的政府获得资金，让我们的人民得到服务，还可以表明美利坚合众国政府是有效的。”
“我要求我的所有同事和我一起投赞成票，向世界表明，面对那些认为他们可以恐吓平民、侵吞我们的领土、犯下更多罪行而不受惩罚的人，我们绝不会无动于衷，”他说，反驳了一些共和党人对继续向乌克兰提供大量资金的怀疑。
拜登总统，谁在通过后的一份声明中说他将签署该法案使其成为法律，“一旦它到达我的办公桌上，”为它的两党支持鼓掌。
他说:“这项法案进一步证明，共和党人和民主党人可以携手为美国人民服务，我期待着两党在未来一年继续取得进展。”
拜登周五晚些时候签署了一项短期资金法案，正式避免了政府在午夜最后期限前关闭，并给国会山的立法者足够的时间来处理支出法案，并准备好在未来几天的某个时候签署。
众议院共和党领导人告诉共和党成员投票反对该法案。
作为民主党人在1月3日共和党控制众议院之前控制众议院时将通过的最后一项法案，它是在一个几乎空无一人的会议厅中审议的——超过一半的众议院议员提交了委托书——允许他们远程投票——在假期前奸诈的冬季风暴扰乱旅行之前回家。
一些众议院共和党人人，包括现任众议院少数党领袖凯文·麦卡锡·R·加利福尼亚，曾呼吁把问题推给新国会。
“这是我在这个机构中见过的最可耻的行为之一。拨款程序辜负了美国公众，这是一党统治最大失败的棺材上的钉子的最好例子，”麦卡锡周五在近25分钟的发言中说，他告诉议会他将投反对票。
他说，综合预算支出“太多，增加了赤字，加剧了通货膨胀，”他补充说，“如果这么好，为什么大多数民主党人都不在这里?”
当他结束时，他说，“在11天内这一切都变了。我们将恢复这个机构的完整性和对美国人民的服务。在这个机构蒙羞之后，这是民主党一党统治下的最后一次耻辱。一个新的方向来了。再过11天，共和党人就会兑现承诺。”
众议院议长南希·佩洛西在她的最后一次发言中，对麦卡锡的言论进行了抨击。
她说:“很遗憾听到少数党领袖早些时候说，这项立法是本届国会众议院中最可耻的事情。”。"我不禁想知道——他忘了1月6日吗?"
加利福尼亚州的佩洛西周四表示，她希望该法案能在当晚通过，因为天气和圣诞节假期，立法者将缺席。参议院多数党领袖查克·舒默(Chuck Schumer)周四早些时候宣布加快通过支出法案的进程。
根据霍耶的说法，众议院的投票被推迟到周五早些时候，以便议员们有机会剖析这个范围广泛的一揽子计划。尽管如此，麦卡锡周五在众议院表示，议员们几乎没有时间阅读该法案。
投票是在参议院达成一致意见后进行的最后一小时的交易周四通过了一个版本的庞大的支出方案，加快了对17项修正案的投票，其中包括两者胜利和妥协来自两党的立法者。
这也是乌克兰总统弗拉基米尔·泽伦斯基历史性的两天后向国会联席会议呼吁他恳求议员们拨款450亿美元用于军事、人道主义和安全事务，他声称这不是“慈善”，而是对海外民主成功的贡献。
该法案将在2023年9月30日之前为联邦机构敞开大门，并将在预计获得通过后提交给总统乔·拜登，尽管预计会遭到少数共和党众议院成员的批评。
“超过三分之二的美国参议院站起来说，现在是我们履行职责的时候了。他们没有这样做，因为每一位参议员都认为这项法案是完美的，但它并不完美。
立法包含国防支出和军事及文职联邦雇员工资的增加，救灾，退伍军人的医疗服务，禁止在政府发放的设备上使用抖音，以及对《选举计数法》的改革，以避免重复1月6日的事件，并试图推翻2020年的选举。
参议院通过的法案没有包括白宫官员的所有要求，如额外的COVID资金和扩大儿童税收抵免。
它也不包括犹他州共和党参议员李政颖的修正案，该修正案将保留第42条，这是疫情时代的一项政策，允许以公共健康为由驱逐移民，该政策于本周到期，尽管共和党人对其撤销提出了法律挑战。另一个第42条修正案，由亚利桑那州参议员克里斯滕·西内马和蒙特州参议员乔恩·特斯提出。，也失败了。
尽管如此，拜登在周五的声明中称赞了这项立法，强调通过他的ARPA-H倡议，对社区警务的投资和进一步资助防止对妇女施暴法，以及该法案的其他租户，如救援援助，乌克兰资助和退伍军人医疗保健扩展，推动了癌症和其他疾病的研究。
他说:“两党拨款法案推进了我们国家的关键优先事项，为美国人民两党取得历史性进展的一年画上了句号。”“我要感谢参议员莱希、参议员谢尔比和女主席德劳罗，感谢他们不知疲倦的工作，使这项工作得以完成。双方都没有在这份协议中得到想要的一切——这就是谈判中发生的事情。”
几项附加修正案确实通过了，包括两项扩大怀孕和母乳喂养住宿和工作场所安全的措施，以及一项名为“9/11响应者和幸存者健康基金修正法案”的措施，该法案为名为“世界贸易中心医疗保健计划”的9/11第一响应者基金的短缺提供资金。该修正案为该计划再提供五年资金，并授权向911受害者、贝鲁特海军陆战队军营爆炸案和其他恐怖主义行为的家属支付27亿美元的赔偿金。
House passes $1.7T spending bill, sending measure to Biden, averting shutdown
The House on Friday passed a sweeping $1.7 trillion spending bill that will keep the government from running out of money at midnight and send an additional $45 billion to Ukraine.
The measure now goes to President Joe Biden for his signature.
The bill passed 225-201 with nine Republicans -- Reps. John Katko of New York, Chris Jacobs of New York, Liz Cheney of Wyoming, Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, Fred Upton of Michigan, Rodney Davis of Illinois, Jaime Herrera Beutler of Washington and Steve Womack of Arkansas -- supporting the bill. Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York voted 'no' and Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., voted 'present.'
"This bill is a critically important piece of legislation not only to keep our government funded, keep our people being served but also to show that the United States of America's government works," House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said ahead of the vote.
"I ask all my colleagues to join me in voting 'yes,' showing the world that we will never remain idle in the face of those who believe they can terrorize civilians, devour our territory and commit more crimes with impunity," he said, countering skepticism some Republicans have voiced about continued high-levels of funding to support Ukraine.
President Biden, who said in a statement just after passage that he'd sign the bill into law "as soon as it reaches my desk," applauded its bipartisan support.
"This bill is further proof that Republicans and Democrats can come together to deliver for the American people, and I’m looking forward to continued bipartisan progress in the year ahead," he said.
Biden signed a short-term funding bill into law later on Friday, officially averting a government shutdown ahead of the midnight deadline and giving legislators on Capitol Hill enough time to get the spending bill processed and ready for his signature sometime in the coming days.
House Republican leaders had told GOP members to vote against the bill.
As the last bill Democrats will pass while controlling the House before the GOP takes control of the House on Jan. 3, it was considered in a mostly empty chamber -- over half of House members filed proxy letters -- allowing them to vote remotely -- after making it home ahead of treacherous winter storms set to disrupt travel before the holidays.
Some House Republicans, including current House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy R-Calif., had called for punting the issue to the new Congress.
"This is a monstrosity that is one of the most shameful acts I've seen in this body. The appropriations process failed the American public, and there's no greater example of the nail in the coffin of the greatest failure of a one-party rule," McCarthy said in a nearly 25-minute floor speech Friday, telling the body he would be a 'no' vote.
He said the omnibus spends "too much, increasing the deficit and fueling more inflation," adding, "Why is the majority of Democrats not even here if it's so good?"
As he finished, he said, "In eleven days this all changes. We are going to reclaim this body's integrity and service to the American people. After this institution covers itself in disgrace, disgrace one last time under Democrat one-party rule. A new direction is coming. In eleven days, Republicans will deliver."
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, in her final floor speech, called out McCarthy for his remarks.
"It was sad to hear the Minority Leader earlier say that this legislation is the most shameful thing to be seen on the House floor in this Congress," she said. "I can't help but wonder -- has he forgotten about January 6?"
Pelosi, D-Calif., said Thursday she was hopeful the bill could pass that night, before lawmaker absences due to weather and the Christmas holiday. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., had announced earlier on Thursday an accelerated process for passing the spending bill.
The House vote was pushed back to early on Friday, according to Hoyer, in order for members to get a chance to dissect the wide-ranging package. Still, McCarthy said on the House floor on Friday, members had little time to read the bill.
The vote came after the Senate struck a last-hour deal on Thursday to pass a version of the sprawling spending package, speeding through votes on 17 amendments that included both victories and compromises from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.
It also came two days behind Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's historic appeal to a joint meeting of Congress, imploring lawmakers for the $45 billion in military, humanitarian and security money he claimed wasn't "charity" but a contribution to the success of democracy abroad.
The bill keeps doors open for federal agencies through Sept. 30, 2023, and is set to head to President Joe Biden's desk upon its expected passage despite some anticipated repudiation from a handful of GOP House members.
"Over two thirds and the United States Senate stood and said it is time to do our duty. And they did not because each and every one of those senators thought that this bill was perfect, it is not," Hoyer said.
The legislation includes an increase in defense spending and military and civilian federal employee pay, disaster relief, medical services for military veterans, a ban of the use of TikTok on government-issued devices and reforms to the Electoral Count Act to avoid a repeat of Jan. 6 and attempts to overturn the 2020 election.
Senate passage of the bill did not include all requests from White House officials, such as additional COVID funding and an expanded Child Tax Credit.
It also did not include an amendment from Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, that would have kept in place Title 42, a pandemic-era policy which allows the expulsion of migrants on public health grounds that expired this week despite legal challenges waged by Republicans against its rollback. Another Title 42 amendment, introduced by Sen. Krysten Sinema, I-Ariz., and Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., also failed.
Still, Biden praised the legislation in his statement on Friday, highlighting it's advancement of cancer and other disease research through his ARPA-H initiative, investment in community policing and further funding the Violence Against Women Act, among other tenants of the bill, like relief aid, Ukraine funding and veteran health care expansion.
"The bipartisan funding bill advances key priorities for our country and caps off a year of historic bipartisan progress for the American people," he said. "I want to thank Senator Leahy, Senator Shelby, and Chairwoman DeLauro for their tireless work to get this done. Neither side got everything it wanted in this agreement – that’s what happens in a negotiation."
Several additional amendments did pass, including two that expand pregnancy and breastfeeding accommodations and security in the workplace as well as a measure known as the 9/11 Responder and Survivor Health Funding Correction Act that funds a shortfall in the 9/11 first responder fund called the World Trade Center Healthcare Program. The amendment funds the program for another five years and authorizes $2.7 billion in compensation payments to the families of 9/11 victims, the Beirut Marine barracks bombing and other acts of terrorism.
