House OKs budget deal, ending shutdown

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) opposes the legislation because it does not provide protections for the more than 800,000 recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

The temporary spending bill under consideration incorporates the major budget deal reached between Senate leaders on both sides of the political aisle.

“Left-wing United States news outlet ThinkProgress said Senate Democrats had pried a “$131bn increase for non-defense programmes” out of their Republican counterparts “in exchange for leaving out a key programme protecting about 800,000 undocumented immigrants”. “I was elected to combat Obama era deficits”.

“This is the most important debate we will have in the year over spending, and no amendments are allowed”, Paul said.

But with Paul’s filibuster successfully derailing efforts, lawmakers are scrambling early Friday morning to move towards a new vote.

House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer urged Democrats to vote no on the budget deal slated for a vote on the House floor late Thursday.

Some conservative Republicans, including members of the House Freedom Caucus, are threatening to vote against the deal because of the higher spending for non-defense programs.

The massive budget deal, which includes a stopgap temporary measure to prevent a government shutdown, includes $300 billion for the military.

The deal also provides nearly $90bn for disaster relief efforts in Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico, which have been hard-hit by hurricanes in the past year.

“I understand my friend and colleague from Kentucky does not join the President in supporting the bill, and it’s his right, of course, to vote against the bill, but I would argue that it’s time to vote”, McConnell said.

Immigration: Leave divisive immigration issues, including the fate of hundreds of thousands of “dreamers”, unaddressed, a potential sticking point for many House Democrats.

“‘I talked to him this afternoon”, he said.

“No one would suggest it is ideal but we worked hard to find common ground”, said Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell. “Vote against the budget”.

McConnell gave Paul the opportunity to raise a procedural objection claiming the deal violates Senate budgetary rules, but the libertarian Republican declined the offer and started an hour-long speech against government spending.

The plan to keep the government operating and to increase spending over the next two years faced resistance from conservatives in the Republican Party, who favor less spending on domestic government programs.