House passes homeland security appropriations bill

The House passed the homeland security appropriations bill on Thursday, making it the fourth government funding bill the House has passed.

The bill provides for a total of $91.515 billion in discretionary spending, including $2.104 billion to construct a wall along the southern border.

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The bill passed 220-208, with two Democrats — Reps. Jared Golden (D-ME) and Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA) — voting for the bill.

Earlier in the night, the House passed the defense appropriations bill and the state and foreign operations appropriations bill. However, while the House was able to get multiple bills across the line on Thursday, none of them have any chance of becoming law. Because of this, Congress is no closer to avoiding a shutdown.

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But it will allow the House to at least be in a stronger negotiating position when they negotiate with the Democrat-controlled Senate, which has yet to pass any appropriations bills off the floor.