H.R. 265

$23.2 billion for farm, food, drug-safety programs

Voting 243 for and 183 against, the House on Thursday passed a bill that would appropriate $23.2 billion in fiscal 2019 for the Department of Agriculture, the Food and Drug Administration and other agencies. The House sent this measure and three other appropriations bills to the Senate in an effort to reopen some of the departments and agencies that have been largely shut down since Dec. 22 due to expired funding. The move was also intended to put pressure on the Senate and the White House to end the partial shutdown or reduce its scope. But Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said his chamber will not consider spending bills until President Trump and House Democrats settle their dispute over border-wall funding. A yes vote was to send the bill to the Senate. Yes: Fitzpatrick, Dean, Houlahan, Wild, Cartwright

No: Meuser