House Passes $1.2T Funding Deal 217–214, GOP Majority Cracks as Republicans Defect

The U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed a critical $1.2 trillion funding package Tuesday, avoiding a broader government shutdown and forcing a rare bipartisan majority to carry it forward. The vote was 217–214, with an unusually high number of defections from both parties.

The margin exposed how tenuous the Republican majority has become, as 21…