no one has read it .
, and senate minority leader chuck schumer , d - n.y. , speak to reporters about the massive government spending bill moving through congress , on capitol hill in ... ( associated press ) house minority leader nancy pelosi , d - calif .
, and senate minority leader chuck schumer , d - n.y. , speak to reporters about the massive government spending bill moving through congress , on capitol hill in washington , thursday , march 22 , 2018 .
the house already started votes on it .
senate , as conservatives ran the clock in protest .
the omnibus spending bill was supposed to be an antidote to the stopgap measures congress has been forced to pass — five in this fiscal year alone — to keep government temporarily running amid partisan fiscal disputes .
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the house easily approved the measure thursday , 256 - 167 , a bipartisan tally that underscored the popularity of the compromise , which funds the government through september .
then , an unusual glitch arose when sen. james risch , r - idaho , wanted to remove a provision to rename a forest in his home state after the late cecil andrus , a four - term democratic governor .