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House Passes FY ‘24 Spending Package With $824.3 Billion Defense Bill, Senate Faces Midnight Deadline

House Passes FY ‘24 Spending Package With $824.3 Billion Defense Bill, Senate Faces Midnight Deadline
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Gen. CQ Brown, Jr. meet with the Speaker of the House Mike Johnson at the Capitol Building, Washington, D.C. Nov. 1, 2023. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Cesar J. Navarro)

The House on Friday passed the $824.3 billion fiscal year 2024 defense appropriations legislation, part of a six-bill spending package, sending the measure to the Senate with just hours left before a partial government shutdown deadline. The lower chamber voted 286-134 in favor of the $1.2 trillion spending package, with almost twice as many Democrats than Republicans supporting the measure. “As the Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, I am pleased that Republican leadership has finally decided…

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