Congressman Chip Roy complained the bill does not deliver the spending cuts demanded by AmericansIt is a move that contributed to the dramatic ousting of his predecessor, Kevin McCarthy, last year.
As many as 83 Republicans voted against the bill on Wednesday, with the Freedom Caucus issuing a statement that it "punts on nearly every single Republican policy priority", including immigration.
"Republicans will go around and talk about how they scored major wins, how they somehow delivered for the American people," Texas congressman Chip Roy said on the House floor. "The fact of the matter is we did no such thing."
While the Speaker touted 6% of spending cuts to the FBI, a 10% cut to the Environmental Protection Agency and a 7% cut to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, it was the Democrats who celebrated the final product.
Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut told reporters her party had managed to prevent cuts to food and nutrition programmes. They also defeated a Republican effort to defund expanded access to abortion pills.
"This legislation does not have everything either side may have wanted, but I am pleased that many of the extreme cuts and policies proposed by House Republicans were excluded," she said.
By Wednesday night, the Senate had begun deliberating over the bill and was expected to approve it without significant opposition.
The breakthrough comes at an opportune time for President Biden, who will deliver his State of the Union address to Congress on Thursday.
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