House passes $1.5 trillion bill to fund government

The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a $1.5 trillion bill to fund the government through the end of September.

Why it matters: The bill includes an emergency funding requested by the White House to provide humanitarian and security assistance to Ukraine amid Russia's brutal invasion.

The vote represents a significant breakthrough after Congress had to pass three stopgap funding measures to keep the government open the last five months.

At the same time, the House also passed a fourth continuing resolution to keep the government funded past Friday to give the Senate time to consider the budget bill.

By Andrew Solender.

Full story at Yahoo News.