Reply #10: Vote number 333 was on final passage of the "middle" funding proposal [View All]

The House considered and passed three separate funding bills over a several week period.

The first bill, passed in late April, approved funding with a timetable for withdrawing troops. It was also approved by the Senate, sent to the white house where it was vetoed. The House then failed to override the veto in early May.

Next, the House passed a new bill (on May 10) that provided for funding without a timetable for withdrawal, but only would have released half of the requested money initially. Specifically, the bill would have withheld $52.8 billion until late July, after chimpy submitted required progress reports. Chimpy had made clear that he would veto this bill and the Senate leadership was not on board with this approach.

That led to the third House vote (on May 24). First, the Senate took up the House's second bill and passed it with an amendment that stripped out the delay in providing full funding. The bill then returned to the House where it was passed with additional amendments, finally returning to the Senate for final approval before going to the white house.