House Passes 'CRomnibus' Spending Bill

The House of Representatives passed a long-term spending bill Thursday night, just hours before the current continuing budget resolution is set to run out. The vote of 219 to 206, including nearly 60 Democrats, took longer than the alotted 15 minutes as House members from both parties witheld their votes for several minutes.

The bill, nicknamed a “CRomnibus” in the press, is a hybrid of an omnibus approprations bill that will fund the government through late 2015 and a short-term continuing resolution, which will allow the Congress to address funding for the Department of Homeland Security early next year.