House Passes CR in Huge Step Forward for Trump Agenda

President Donald Trump is halfway home towards cementing the first step of his government spending agenda.The House passed a continuing resolution (CR) Tuesday to continue current spending levels – with some modifications favored by Republicans – through the end of the fiscal year September 30.The vote on the relatively clean CR followed a successful procedural vote earlier in the afternoon that cleared the way for passage.The final tally was 217 to 213. Only one Republican, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), opposed the legislation. Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME) was the sole Democrat to cross the aisle.Conservatives have long loathed CRs, yet Trump...