Many hard-right members voted Tuesday for their first stopgap spending bill ever. “I’m as stunned as anybody else,” said Rep. Andy Biggs.

And gleeful House Republicans head off for a 12-day break today after pushing through their stopgap funding bill.

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House Democrats stood against Donald Trump's illegal spending cuts by voting against the GOP's stopgap spending bill. Now it's the Senate's turn.

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