House PASSES Trump-Backed CR Bill — Only One Republican Votes Against

The House of Representatives has just passed the Continuing Resolution with a vote of 217-213.

Earlier this week, President Trump urged the House to pass the bill to avert an impending government shutdown.

The vote was largely along with party lines, with only one Republican siding with Democrats against the bill.

Interestingly, one Democrat, Rep. Jared Golden, sided with Republicans to pass the bill.

The CR bill will now go to the Senate. It requires 60 votes to pass.

Take a look:

WATCH: CR Bill passes in the House "On this vote, the yas are 217, the nays are 213. The bill is passed without objection" pic.twitter.com/UnTUbbS2Ig

— RSBN 🇺🇸 (@RSBNetwork) March 11, 2025

House Republicans voted today to keep the government open.

Democrats were unified in shutting down the government.

There is a stark contrast. pic.twitter.com/MgdNy4LBUD

— House Republicans (@HouseGOP) March 11, 2025

🚨 #BREAKING: The House of Representatives has PASSED the CR bill 217-213, sending it on to the Senate

~8 Democrat Senate votes will be required to send this to President Trump’s desk.

There could be a showdown brewing. pic.twitter.com/1Ym0Wygty8

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) March 11, 2025

As you may have guessed, the lone Republican to vote against the CR bill was Rep. Thomas Massie — despite President Trump’s vow to lead the charge to primary him.

Here’s what Rep. Massie had to say after voting ‘no’ on the bill:

🚨 Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), who just voted AGAINST the CR bill:

"It feels just like 2020…. When I was the only one to oppose the CARES Act. The president threatened me…. Then what happened? The spending bill caused all this massive inflation that we see now." pic.twitter.com/bVIsvCfPbe

— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) March 11, 2025

The Libertarian Party released this statement in support of Rep. Massie’s controversial decision:

Thomas Massie once again stands alone in Congress, voting against the CR bill while Republicans, who cheered the discovery of waste, fraud, and abuse, turn around and fund it anyway. The hypocrisy is blatant. Trump calls for GOP support, and like clockwork, they fall in line,…

— Libertarian Party (@LPNational) March 11, 2025

The New York Post reported:

House Republicans narrowly passed a stopgap bill Tuesday to fund the government until October, putting moderate Senate Democrats in the tough spot of having to either give the measure final approval — or tank it and risk a partial government shutdown in three days.

Lawmakers voted 217-213 for the short-term fiscal year 2025 spending bill, known as a “continuing resolution” or CR, to avert a partial government shutdown at 11:59 p.m. ET Friday.

Libertarian-leaning Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and 212 Democrats opposed the measure. Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) joined 216 Republicans in supporting the bill.

Reps. Tim Moore (R-NC) and Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.) were absent.

With 53 Republicans in the upper chamber, at least seven Democrats will have to cross the aisle to break the filibuster and send the bill to President Trump’s desk for a signatures. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has complicated that math saying he will vote against the CR.

Massie became the first House GOPer to come out against the resolution on Sunday, while lawmakers ranging from the hard-right Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) to the centrist Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) remained undecided as the vote approached.

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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and GOP appropriators crafted the short-term solution spending patch, with Trump’s endorsement, to keep the government’s lights on through Sept. 30.

Since the GOP first retook control of the House of Representatives in January 2023, Republicans have not been able to pass a CR without Democratic support.

“Here’s the bottom line,” Johnson said in a Tuesday press conference. “If Congressional Democrats refuse to support this clean CR, they will be responsible for every troop who misses a paycheck, for every flight delay from reduced staffing at TSA, and for every negative consequence that comes from shutting down the government.”

ABC News added more details:

In dramatic fashion, House Republicans passed a bill to fund the government through the end of September 2025 — a major victory for Speaker Mike Johnson, who has previously relied on Democrats for bipartisan support to avert a shutdown.

The House voted 217-213 to pass the spending bill, known as a continuing resolution, days before some funding runs out.

Following the House vote — which saw just a single Republican defection — Johnson thanked President Donald Trump, who helped convince GOP holdouts to support the bill.

“We are united in our mission to deliver the America first agenda,” Johnson said in a post on X.

The spending bill now heads to the Senate — where it requires 60 votes to pass, and its fate is uncertain.

The House’s approval has left Senate Democrats divided on the “stark” decision ahead.