Just after 10 p.m. Wednesday night, the House passed the $1.5 trillion
omnibus bill, the first step toward averting a government shutdown and
enacting Democratic spending priorities after more than 400 days
operating under Trump-era budgets extended via continuing resolutions.

But the party’s joy of the occasion was short-lived, as Democratic
infighting quickly gobbled up the headlines and forced a daylong delay
of the bill’s consideration.

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