Senate passes funding bill to avert partial government shutdown

The Senate passed the $1.2 trillion funding package early Saturday after a last-minute agreement, averting a partial government shutdown.

The funding legislation was approved by a vote of 74-24 at 2:02 a.m. ET, more than two hours after the midnight ET deadline for passage of the critical legislation that was approved by the House on Friday. 

The package includes funding for a slate of critical government operations, including the departments of Defense, Homeland Security, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, State, and the legislative branch. 

Ahead of the final vote, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said:

“It’s no small feat to get a package like this done in divided government. These past few months have shown yet again that when bipartisanship has room to work we can get the job done.”

 The legislation now goes to President Joe Biden’s desk for his signature.

The vote marks a major moment on Capitol Hill as it brings to a close an annual appropriations process that has dragged on far longer than is typical – an effort that has been punctuated by partisan policy disagreements and a historic change of leadership in the House after conservatives ousted former Speaker Kevin McCarthy in an unprecedented vote last year.

While final passage came after the midnight deadline, the Senate’s action effectively prevented any lapse in funding or government function and the federal government is now funded through the end of the fiscal year.

The post was updated with more details on the final passage of the Senate bill.

The White House Office of Management and Budget has ceased shutdown preparations and President Joe Biden is expected to sign the bill Saturday, pending Senate passage, according to a White House official. 

 “OMB has ceased shutdown preparations because there is a high degree of confidence that Congress will imminently pass the relevant appropriations and the President will sign the bill on Saturday,” the official said.

 “Because obligations of federal funds are incurred and tracked on a daily basis, agencies will not shut down and may continue their normal operations,” the official added.

The Senate has reached a last-minute agreement to vote on the government funding package tonight, and avert a shutdown, after an hours-long standoff over amendment votes. 

Republicans were demanding votes on controversial amendments that could put some vulnerable Senate Democrats in tough spots. The agreement includes up to 12 amendment votes, followed by final passage. 

Majority Leader Chuck Schumer began with a quorum call to give members time to get to the floor, and urged members to vote quickly once the vote series begins.

 “Some people have very important places to go, and we want to get her there,” he said on the floor, looking to the Senate’s top Republican appropriator, Sen. Susan Collins. Her mother’s funeral is tomorrow morning in Caribou, Maine, and Collins has not missed a vote since she was first elected to the Senate in 1997.

Senate Minority Whip John Thune took to social media to vent his frustration with the Senate’s failure to pass the government funding package so far, arguing that Democrats are refusing Republican demands for amendment votes in order to protect their most vulnerable incumbents. 

“Taking a handful of votes on proposals that are related to this massive spending bill is not too much to ask,” Thune wrote on X. “So make no mistake, if the government shuts down, it will be because of one thing and one thing only: Democrat leaders protecting vulnerable incumbents from taking hard votes.”

Some context: Republican senators are pushing for votes on several controversial measures, including the Laken Riley Act, that would put several vulnerable Democrats in tough positions this election year.

The Senate is falling short of reaching a time agreement to vote on the government funding package before the midnight deadline, according to senators and aides in each party, meaning a partial government shutdown would begin at midnight.

How we got here: After the House passed the package earlier on Friday, the Senate spent hours negotiating over controversial amendment votes demanded by Republicans in order to put vulnerable Democrats in a tough position this election year.

Senate Minority Whip John Thune argued Friday that Democrats would be to blame if they were unable to pass this funding package before the shutdown deadline at midnight, but Democrats blamed Republicans for preventing passage of the bill by insisting on amendments that they considered unreasonable.

A partial government shutdown is set to begin at 12:01 a.m. ET after the Senate was unable to vote on the government funding package. The bill was approved earlier in the day by the House.

The Senate will not be permitted to take any action Saturday as Majority Leader Chuck Schumer made a motion to break a filibuster on the funding package. The chamber is expected to vote to do so early Sunday afternoon, but there is no exact timing yet.

That vote will be at a 60-vote threshold, and is expected to pass, which will trigger up to 30 hours of additional debate. If all hours are used, the bill could be passed Monday evening. Senators and aides in both parties have signaled that they would try to complete consideration of the package on Sunday, but they could run into the same roadblocks they did on Friday.

The impact of a partial shutdown could become clear if it continues into Monday as most federal employees are off during the weekend.

The Senate is approaching a midnight deadline to pass a bill to fund the government and avert a shutdown. The House passed a $1.2 trillion government funding package earlier Friday.

Earlier this month, Congress passed a first slate of government funding bills ahead of another partial deadline, providing funding for the departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Justice, Veterans Affairs, Energy, Interior, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development as well as the Food and Drug Administration, military construction and other federal programs.

Now, funding for the remaining departments and agencies expires at midnight. That includes the departments of Homeland Security, Defense, State, Treasury, Health and Human Services, Education and Labor. 

What’s at stake: Millions of federal workers and military personnel would be affected by the shutdown, including about 60% of civilian federal employees, according to Andrew Lautz, senior policy analyst at the Bipartisan Policy Center.

At least 625,000 workers, mostly civilian Defense Department employees, could be subject to furlough, he said. At least another 725,000 civilian federal employees, mainly in the departments of Homeland Security and Defense, could have to continue working, but not get paid until the shutdown ends, Lautz said. More than 2 million military personnel, including active duty and selected reserve members, could also have to work without pay.

The absence of a deal could also cause airport delays, harm border operations, affect civilian workforce and recruiting, have an effect on tax filing season and federal student aid, as well as impact State Department contracts and job offers.

Several Senate Republicans expressed their hope that the House can avoid another messy speaker fight, after GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene introduced a resolution to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson on Friday morning.

Greene’s resolution has raised concerns that GOP infighting could cause Republicans to lose their House majority, especially after GOP Rep. Mike Gallagher’s announcement Friday that he will step down in April, months before the end of his term, which would leave the GOP with an even narrower razor-thin margin.

GOP Sen. Markwayne Mullin — a former House member who maintains close ties to his colleagues in the other chamber — warned that they could lose the House majority if Greene called for a vote on Johnson’s ouster. 

“I think this causes real issues — real issues — for the incumbents and for our challengers out there, for the Republican Party if this goes through, because chaos in the House is 100% on us at this point, if this thing moves forward and they don’t have a speaker,” Mullin said.

On the other hand, GOP Sen. Steve Daines, who chairs the Senate Republican’s campaign arm, said the threat to Johnson and the GOP’s slim majority “illustrates the point that the House needs to expand its majority” and will help turn out voters.

GOP Sen. Kevin Cramer slammed Greene’s move, saying “I don’t get the desire for chaos.” The North Dakota Republican also praised the job Johnson has done as speaker and said he hopes Democrats will save Johnson from being ousted.

Meanwhile, GOP Sen. Tommy Tuberville was sympathetic to Greene’s concerns. 

“We’re all disappointed with a lot of things that are in this bill. And I know she is, as conservative she is,” Tuberville said. He dismissed concerns that the infighting makes it appear that Republicans can’t govern, adding, “We are fighting for the American people.”

The US House Office of Diversity and Inclusion will be dissolved as part of the government spending bill that passed the chamber on Friday, the office’s director said in a statement Friday. The bill advanced to the Senate ahead of the midnight deadline to avoid a shutdown.

The office’s director, Sesha Joi Moon, said it will be replaced by the Office of Talent Management under the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer.

The change comes as diversity and inclusion programs and initiatives face increased attacks from critics and Republican lawmakers across the country.

The office was first formed in March 2020 with the mission of creating a congressional workforce that reflected the makeup of the nation. According to its website, the office’s key duties have included financial management, candidate services, member services, research and data analytics and professional development. 

Moon said while she plans to transition out of her role later this year, some team members will stay on and work for the newly formed Office of Talent Management.

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise expressed confidence in Speaker Mike Johnson, saying “no he will not” be ousted by the right flank. 

He also downplayed the tightening majority in the wake of news GOP Rep. Mike Gallagher will be departing early. 

“It is tough with a five-seat majority, it is tough with a two seat, one will be the same. We all have to work together,” Scalise told CNN. 

“We have to unite if we are going to get things done, we have proven with bills like our energy bill, our border security bill and some of the other big things we have done we can come together and get things done for hard working families,” he added. 

Several House Democrats are signaling they would vote to save House Speaker Mike Johnson from GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s effort to oust him if he agreed to put a Ukraine aid package on the House floor for an up or down vote.

“If he does the responsible thing which is allowing members of Congress to vote on a bill that will pass and is in our national security interests and then subsequent to that a nonserious actor who does not want to govern brings a motion to vacate, yes, I would motion to table in that circumstance,” moderate Virginia Democratic Rep Abigail Spanberger told CNN’s Manu Raju. 

Other House Democrats signaled they would motion to table – kill – Greene’s resolution if it came to that. 

New York Democratic Rep. Tom Suozzi, who was recently reelected in a special election to fill Santos’ seat, said he would vote to keep Johnson as speaker “because it’s absurd he’s being kicked out for doing the right thing, keeping the government open.” 

Ohio Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur, one of the few Democrats running in a Trump district, told CNN’s Dana Bash she wants to keep her options open and “it is a real consideration at this point” that perhaps the politically and policy wise to save Johnson. 

In an exclusive interview with CNN’s Manu Raju, Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said there are “quite a few” lawmakers supporting her motion to vacate House Speaker Mike Johnson, though she did not specify exactly how many members are backing her.

“I have a number that have committed, but there’s also a large number that have already expressed to me a huge sigh of relief,” she added.

She said she hasn’t talked to Johnson yet, but said the speaker is “negotiating from weakness” and that she doesn’t see a scenario where she will back off raising the motion to vacate. Still, she argued she is “being very respectful to the members of our conference,” and won’t disrupt investigations or other committee work.

Greene reiterated that she does not have a timeline for when she will bring the motion up, but said she hopes to use the House’s two-week break.

“What I’m hoping for is for all of our Republican members to be able to have time to think and reflect over this break, for us to be able to come back together and start the conversation of who is capable and willing to lead this Republican majority,” she said.

Greene said that the government funding bill that passed in the House on Friday was a “complete departure” of “everything we stand for,” referring to the Republican party.

“We cannot move forward having a Republican speaker of the House that is doing the bidding of Democrats, that is allowing Chuck Schumer to drive our legislation, bringing bills to the floor that the White House cannot wait to sign into law, and doesn’t stop the border crisis and the invasion that’s happening every single day to our country,” Greene said.

This post has been updated with additional comments from Greene.

The fate of the of the $1.2 trillion funding package is now in the hands of the Senate after the House advanced the legislation earlier today. The bill has prompted infighting within the House GOP, with Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene filing a surprise motion to oust Speaker Mike Johnson due to the legislation.

The package, which runs more than 1,000 pages, would provide funding for the departments of Defense, Homeland Security, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, State and the legislative branch. Lawmakers have until midnight to approve the bill to avoid a partial government shutdown.

House Republicans and Democrats have provided summaries of what’s in the bill.

The package includes:

Read more details about the package.

Some Republican lawmakers are dismissing GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s effort to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson.

“Speaker Johnson continues to work with all members of the Republican conference and we just had a win for the speaker on the floor today,” House GOP Conference Chair Elise Stefanik told CNN.

When pressed for her reaction, Stefanik added, “I’m not going to give any answers to questions from the press” and said she is focused on delivering for her district. 

Moderate New York Republican Mike Lawler, meantime, took a harsher approach, calling Greene’s move “idiotic” and said it “does not do anything to advance the conservative movement.”

With an election looming in November, Lawler said he believes the infighting will not cost Republicans the majority of the House but admitted “idiotic stunts don’t help.” He was adamant that “the issues are on our side” referencing the border and immigration.

This post has been updated with comments from Lawler.

Republican lawmakers who spoke with GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene told CNN that her plan is to use the two weeks of recess when the House is not in session to figure out when to bring the motion to vacate against Speaker Mike Johnson.

This would essentially leave the motion to vacate threat dangling over Johnson. 

Republican Rep. Thomas Massie said Greene is not in a rush. He said the move “allows the whole conference to adjust and to find a new speaker before it gets called up.”

But Massie wouldn’t say if he supports ousting Johnson: “There’s no benefit to me answering that question.”

GOP Rep. Eric Burlison told CNN he was “really disappointed” with Johnson after the government funding vote on Friday and that he has “real questions about the direction that we are going.”

Burlison confirmed to CNN that Greene did not say she has a date in mind for when she wants to bring the motion against Johnson forward. 

GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene filed a motion to oust Mike Johnson from the speakership, amid anger about the government funding bill.

“I filed the motion to vacate today, but it’s more of a warning and a pink slip,” Taylor Greene said to reporters outside of the Capitol after filing the motion. “I respect our conference. I paid all my dues to my conference. I’m a member in good standing, and I do not wish to inflict pain on our conference and to throw the House into chaos.”

She continued, “But this is basically a warning and it’s time for us to go through the process, take our time and find a new speaker of the House that will stand with Republicans and our Republican majority instead of standing with the Democrats.”

Pressed by CNN’s Manu Raju on when she would call for a vote on the resolution – which would only require a simple majority to pass – Greene would not give a timeline.

“There’s not a time limit on this. It doesn’t have to be forced and throw the House into chaos. I don’t want to put any of our members in a difficult place like we were for three and a half weeks,” she replied, referring to last October when the House was in limbo for weeks after former Speaker Kevin McCarthy was ousted.

Greene added that she is “not worried” about the possibility of Democrats voting to save Johnson if the vote happens.

Asked for a reaction by CNN, Johnson didn’t respond, and dismissed it with a wave.  Johnson, who won the gavel after McCarthy’s ouster, has faced pushback from his right flank over his handling of the government funding fight.

Greene was swarmed by her Republican colleagues after she filed the motion. A source close to the conversations told CNN that a number of Republican lawmakers were trying to convince Greene not to bring this motion against Johnson. Two of those lawmakers were: GOP Reps. Barry Loudermilk and Kat Cammack. CNN observed both Loudermilk and Cammack in an extended conversation with Greene. 

Part of the argument to Greene from her Republican colleagues is that if she goes through with this it could lead to House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries inadvertently becoming speaker, per a source who witnessed the conversations. 

This post has been updated with additional comments from Greene.

A GOP leadership aide tells CNN the plan is not to recognize Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene after this vote series meaning the clock doesn’t start on the two legislative days.  

If she were to be recognized it would have to be considered within 2 legislative days but the House goes on recess for 2 weeks this afternoon.

“Speaker Johnson always listens to the concerns of members, but is focused on governing. He will continue to push conservative legislation that secures our border, strengthens our national defense and demonstrates how we’ll grow our majority,” Johnson spokesman Raj Shah said in a statement.

The House voted to approve the $1.2 trillion funding bill, setting off a sprint in the Senate to take up and pass the legislation ahead of a fast-approaching shutdown deadline at the end of the day.  

The final vote was 286-134 with 112 Republicans and 22 Democrats voting against the measure. The bill now heads to the Senate.

The tight timeline has sparked fears on Capitol Hill of a potential partial shutdown. Top lawmakers on both sides of the aisle say they are pushing to prevent that, but the objection of any single senator could delay a swift vote, pushing the chamber right up against, or past, the deadline.  

What’s at stake: Lawmakers are confronting a midnight funding deadline for a slate of critical government operations, including the departments of Defense, Homeland Security, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, State, and the legislative branch.  

If the Senate does not pass the legislation before the deadline, a temporary lapse in funding would occur, triggering a partial shutdown. The impact of a partial shutdown would be limited if funding is approved over the weekend before the start of the work week. 

The House is now voting on the $1.2 trillion funding bill, just 13 hours ahead of the midnight funding deadline. The vote requires a two-thirds majority – or roughly 288 votes – to pass. 

If the House passes the legislation, it would next go to the Senate where lawmakers must reach agreement to swiftly approve the bill.

The package, which runs more than 1,000 pages, would provide funding for the departments of Defense, Homeland Security, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, State and the legislative branch. The legislation would complete the funding of federal agencies through the fiscal year, which ends September 30.

Congress earlier this month approved funding for the departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Justice, Veterans Affairs, Energy, Interior, Transportation and Housing and Urban Development, as well as the Food and Drug Administration, military construction and other federal programs.

If both chambers of Congress have not passed the legislation before the deadline, a temporary lapse in funding would take place, triggering a partial shutdown. 

CNN’s Clare Foran contributed reporting to this post.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called on both chambers and both parties in Congress to work together to avert a partial government shutdown, noting they only have about 13 hours to pass the funding package.

“As of 12:01am tonight, about 70% of the federal government will run out of funding if Congress does not act. Democrats and Republicans have about 13 hours to work together to make sure the government stays open. That’s not going to be easy. We will have to work together and avoid unnecessary delays,” he said.

Schumer added that “the Senate will spring into action,” as soon as the House passes the package, and urged his colleagues to avoid “partisanship and stonewalling and dithering.”

“To my colleagues on both sides: Let’s finish the job today. Let’s avoid even a weekend shutdown. Let’s finish the job of funding the government for the remainder of the fiscal year. There is no reason to delay. There is no reason to drag out this process,” he said.

“And if senators cooperate on a time agreement, if we prioritize working together just as we did two weeks ago, I’m optimistic we can succeed. But if individual senators resort to partisanship and stonewalling and dithering, those individuals will almost guarantee that we shut down and the process could drag into Saturday, Sunday and possibly beyond,” he said.

CNN just witnessed GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene file a resolution with the parliamentarian ahead of a House vote on a bipartisan spending package. 

It is unclear what the resolution is, but it comes as Greene has dangled the threat of a potential motion to vacate the speaker’s chair. To trigger such a vote, she would need to file a resolution with the parliamentarian first.  

On a podcast earlier, Greene — who has said she is “done” with Speaker Mike Johnson — indicated she’s making a decision on a “minute by minute basis” on the motion to vacate and urged people to “watch and see what happens.” 

A source familiar with the matter, says that she has been weighing whether to force a vote seeking his ouster.

Georgia firebrand GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said “stay tuned” when asked if she’s bringing a motion to vacate against Speaker Mike Johnson, during an interview on a conservative podcast. 

“We are going to be making decisions on a minute-by-minute basis today and I urge you to watch and see what happens,” Taylor Greene said, after railing on the speaker’s decision to move forward with a bipartisan government funding bill aimed at avoiding a shutdown.

More context: Johnson, who won the gavel after Kevin McCarthy’s ouster, has faced pushback from his right flank over his handling of the government funding fight.

McCarthy’s fate has raised questions over whether Johnson could face a similar threat to his speakership, but many Republicans have made clear they do not want another speaker’s race after the intense infighting and chaos triggered by McCarthy’s removal.

This is the fifth time since September that lawmakers have run up against a funding deadline, passing stopgap bills in the nick of time in September, November, January and earlier this month to keep the government running.

In September, President Joe Biden signed the short-term funding bill passed by Congress, averting a government shutdown ahead of a midnight deadline. The bill kept the government open through November 17 and included natural disaster aid but not additional funding for Ukraine or border security.

Then in November, the Senate passed a stopgap bill to keep the government open that created two new shutdown deadlines in January and February, an unusual two-step approach to funding the government.

The bill extended funding until January 19 for priorities including military construction, veterans’ affairs, transportation, housing and the Energy Department. The rest of the government – anything not covered by the first step – would be funded until February 2. The proposal did not include additional aid for Israel or Ukraine.

In January, lawmakers passed the two-step, short-term funding extension setting up a pair of new deadlines on March 1 and March 8.

The two-step plan passed in January extended funding through March 1 for parts of the federal government including military construction and the departments of Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, Housing and Urban Development, Transportation and Energy. The rest of the government – anything not covered by the first step – was funded through March 8.

Then earlier this month, Congress passed a first slate of government funding bills ahead of another partial deadline at the end of the day on March 22, providing funding for the departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Justice, Veterans Affairs, Energy, Interior, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development as well as the Food and Drug Administration, military construction and other federal programs.

Funding for the remaining departments and agencies expires at the end of the today.

Lawmakers unveiled a $1.2 trillion government funding package on Thursday, setting up a high-stakes sprint to pass the legislation as a shutdown deadline looms at the end of the week.

With the release of the legislative text that’s more than 1,000 pages, the House and Senate are now facing a major time crunch to get the legislation across the finish line.

Read the full text of the funding package below:

As House GOP leaders scrambled to shore up support for a government spending package, they floated the idea of adding member pay raises to the bill, according to two GOP sources — but ran into a wall of opposition in the Senate. 

Some senior House Republicans informed the GOP whip team that they were planning to vote against the spending bill because it doesn’t provide lawmakers with a cost-of-living adjustment, sources said.

Lawmakers, who have an annual salary of $174,000, haven’t seen a pay raise since 2009.

House GOP leaders were trying to gauge whether they could get more members on board with the funding bill by adding pay raises, and some senior House Democrats are also for the idea.

But sources say Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is adamantly against it. Taking that step could expose his vulnerable members to taking a potentially tough vote in an election year. 

While the funding package is still expected to pass in the House on Friday with hefty support from Democrats, the vote could be close, as it is coming up under an expedited process that requires a two-thirds majority for passage.

Top House Republicans expect they’ll have the votes to pass the spending package this morning — but it could be close.

They’ll need a two-thirds majority to pass the bill, so Democrats will have to help carry it Friday morning amid a revolt in some quarters of the House GOP Conference, according to senior GOP sources.

It remains unclear if the GOP can win a majority of their conference — a key threshold they try to achieve on every vote.  

It’s also not yet clear if the Senate will be able to pass the legislation ahead of Friday’s deadline, raising concerns on Capitol Hill that there could be a short-term lapse in government funding over the weekend.

Add $1.2 trillion in government spending bills to the short list of things where it’s fine to barely miss – horseshoes, hand grenades and taxpayer dollars.

The multi-act, epic saga of funding the government for the fiscal year that is nearly halfway over is finally at its end, but maybe not before funding lapses for much of the government after 11:59 p.m. ET on Friday.

It’s not exactly a shutdown if lawmakers can pass the package close to on time, before the end of the weekend. Internal Revenue Service workers won’t be furloughed during tax season and border agents won’t be working without pay.

How is this going to end? All indications are that the final departments of the federal government will get full-year funding in short order. It might not happen until over the weekend or early next week, however, which is after funding lapses.

Will there be a shutdown? Maybe. But not exactly. The temporary lapse in funding over the weekend for parts of the government would be so short that it would likely have a limited impact on government operations.

Why don’t they pass the bill before funding lapses? Republicans in the House have made a big deal about publishing the text of bills a full 72 hours before they get final votes.

Has this happened before? Short-term, no-big-deal government funding lapses like this possible one are not unprecedented. In 1982, for instance, lawmakers had a deal to fund the government, but they ran out of time to pass the funding bills.

Read the full analysis.

Congress passed a first slate of government funding bills ahead of another partial deadline earlier this month, providing funding for the departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Justice, Veterans Affairs, Energy, Interior, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development as well as the Food and Drug Administration, military construction and other federal programs.

But funding for the remaining departments and agencies expires at the end of the day March 22. That includes the departments of Homeland Security, Defense, State, Treasury, Health and Human Services, Education and Labor. A series of sticking points remain including over funding for DHS.

Millions of federal workers and military personnel would be affected by the shutdown, including about 60% of civilian federal employees, according to Andrew Lautz, senior policy analyst at the Bipartisan Policy Center.

At least 625,000 workers, mostly civilian Defense Department employees, could be subject to furlough, he said. At least another 725,000 civilian federal employees, mainly in the departments of Homeland Security and Defense, could have to continue working, but not get paid until the shutdown ends, Lautz said.

And just over 2 million military personnel, including active duty and selected reserve members, could also have work without pay.

The absence of a deal could also cause airport delays, harm border operation, affect civilian workforce and recruiting, have an effect on tax filing season and federal student aid, as well as impact State Department contracts and job offers.

Read more about the impacts should a deal not be reached.

The House is expected to vote today on whether to pass key government spending legislation ahead of a fast-approaching shutdown deadline at the end of the day, the culmination of a months-long funding fight on Capitol Hill.

Friday’s tight timeline has sparked fears of a potential, partial shutdown at midnight, though top lawmakers on both sides of the aisle say they are pushing to prevent that.

If the House passes the legislation, as is expected, it would next go to the Senate where lawmakers must reach an agreement to swiftly approve the bill.

If both chambers of Congress have not passed the legislation before the deadline, a temporary lapse in funding would take place, triggering a partial shutdown.

The impact of a partial shutdown would be limited if funding is approved over the weekend before the start of the work week.

Vote threshold: As of Thursday night, top House Republicans expected they’ll have the votes to pass the spending package – but it could be close. They’ll need a two-thirds majority to pass the bill, so Democrats will have to help carry it amid a revolt in some quarters of the House GOP Conference, according to senior GOP sources. It remains unclear if the GOP can win a majority of their conference – a key threshold they try to achieve on every vote.

Read more about the looming deadline to avoid a partial shutdown here.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said she was “done” with Speaker Mike Johnson after he negotiated a bipartisan spending package with the White House.

“We need a Speaker of the House who will fight to secure America’s border at all cost! Not one that passes a trillion dollar Democrat wish list that continues the border invasion, funds the weaponized government, and breaks our own conference rules,” Greene wrote on X. “I’m done with this one.”

While she doesn’t reference a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair, this is the most direct threat yet from Greene, who has been unwilling to go as far as calling for Johnson’s ouster. Greene was a staunch ally of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy but has had little relationship with Johnson.

Earlier today, Johnson downplayed concerns over a potential motion to vacate, telling reporters:

“I don’t operate in fear. We have to do the job. We have to govern. That’s what we are doing. Day by day.”

Lawmakers unveiled a $1.2 trillion government funding package on Thursday, setting up a high-stakes sprint to pass the legislation as a shutdown deadline looms at the end of the week. It’s not yet clear if lawmakers will be able to pass the legislation ahead of Friday’s deadline, raising concerns on Capitol Hill that there could be a short-term lapse in government funding over the weekend.

With the release of the legislative text that’s more than 1,000 pages, the House and Senate are now facing a major time crunch to get the legislation across the finish line. A number of critical government operations need to be funded by the end of the day on Friday, March 22, including the departments of Defense, Homeland Security, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, State and the legislative branch.

What’s in the package: The package provides $19.6 billion for Customs and Border Protection, a $3.2 billion increase above fiscal year 2023, and includes $495 million for additional Border Patrol agents, which the Biden administration has repeatedly called for. It does not add funding for the border wall.

The package also provides almost $90 billion in discretionary funding to the Department of Homeland Security, bolstering funding for additional resources. It funds 41,500 detention beds, which is more than the previous fiscal year and Biden’s request, according to the GOP summary. US Immigration and Customs Enforcement had recently drafted plans to wind down detention space, and as a result, release migrants, to cover their budget shortfall.

Read more about what’s in the funding package here.