Editor's note: This story has been updated.
The U.S. Senate passed a government funding package in the wee hours of Saturday morning, averting a partial shutdown.
The legislation now heads to President Joe Biden, who is expected to sign it on Saturday.
The House passed a $1.2 trillion government spending package on Friday but still needed to pass the Senate to stop a partial shutdown.
According to the Washington Post, the spending package passed the House on Friday without any support from House Republicans from Alabama.
"This legislation is just another example of an appropriations process that is broken. Sadly, there is no real desire to fix the process so that we pass transparent appropriations bills before the required June 30th deadline. In order to restore fiscal responsibility, we must focus on passing twelve appropriation bills on time instead of being forced to fiscal cliff after fiscal cliff," U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer (R-Hoover) said.
U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) said the bill fails to secure the southern border, includes $200 million for a new FBI headquarters, funds the World Health Organization, provides $300 million to Ukraine, continues to fund diversity, equity and inclusion programs at the Department of Defense, and provides $200 million to the Gender Equity and Equality Action Fund, which lists one of their priorities as "green jobs and resistance to climate change."
"Many Americans are talking about March madness on the basketball court, but the real madness is happening in Congress," Moore said. "Members had 24 hours to review a thousand-page bill that spends $1 trillion of Americans' hard-earned taxpayer dollars, and it's no wonder Democrats' are celebrating the bill's passage. This legislation includes no true border security provisions and continues to fund the same woke, weaponized, and wasteful spending that puts America last."
Moore also objected to $400,000 going to a "gender-affirming clothing program" in Wisconsin and $1.8 million for a hospital in Rhode Island that performs abortions.
U.S. Rep. Jerry Carl (R-Mobile) said, "I voted against the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act because this massive package does nothing to fund Trump's border wall."
This package also fails to prohibit the Department of Defense from paying for abortion travel for service members and their families and includes millions of dollars towards woke social programs. Additionally, it rewards the weaponized FBI with a brand new headquarters," Carl said. "I have worked tirelessly with my colleagues on the Appropriations Committee to cut wasteful government spending while also fully funding the needs of our country. Unfortunately, a lot of good things were stripped from these bills in backroom negotiations, and I couldn't support this package."
U.S. Rep. Dale Strong (R-Monrovia) said, "Chuck Schumer and President Biden ignored a majority of the American people by stripping out House-passed provisions to secure our southern border and get a handle on our illegal immigration crisis, while at the same time, adding earmarks to fund the Democrats' radical left agenda including funding for abortion facilities, LGBTQ indoctrination, and benefits for the millions of illegal immigrants pouring through our border."
"When Republicans took the majority, we promised the American people that we would change the way Washington does business by providing 72 hours to review legislation, and that we would eliminate reckless spending that solely advances a liberal social agenda. This bill failed both of those tests," Strong said.
In the Senate, the legislation passed by a vote of 74-24, while two senators did not vote.
U.S. Sen. Tuberville (R-Auburn) voted against the bill, while U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) voted in favor.
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