House passes National Guard pay act (UPDATED – Veterans funding too)

The House of Representatives will bring two funding bills to a vote today, H.R. 3230 – Pay Our Guard and Reserve Act, and H.J.Res. 72 – Honoring Our Promise to America’s Veterans Act (again).

The vote just concluded on the National Guard funding, and it passed, with 160 Democrats voting against it:

Breaking 2:20 p.m., House suspends debate, on lock down, shots fired in front of Capitol.

Update 3:30 p.m., House is back in session.

Update 4:50 p.m.,: The vote just concluded on the Veterans’ Benefits funding, and it passed, with 155 Democrats voting against it:

Tags: Shutdown 2013

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