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It took way too much yapping from Republicans, plus a vote on a motion to adjourn from Republican Rep. Chip Roy trying to take up extra time, before the House was able to vote on the omnibus bill to fund the government for the rest of the fiscal year. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy tried to win over the extremists he needs to get elected speaker in January, spewing out a series of far-right talking points that, in many cases, had little connection to the bill up for a vote. He was joined during the debate on the rule by a parade of the most obnoxious House Republicans ranting against the bill and the general concept of governing. But eventually, following the vote on the rule and that motion to adjourn, both parties cut short the debate on the bill itself and got around to a final vote, passing the bill by 225 to 201, with one member voting present.
Where 18 Senate Republicans voted to fund the government, just nine House Republicans did. All Democrats but two voted yes on the bill, with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez voting no and Rep. Rashida Tlaib voting present. As an aside, McCarthy at one point suggested that proxy votes would be coming from Democrats, but plenty of Republicans voted by proxy, presumably having left Washington, D.C., to get home ahead of the winter weather.
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