1. The Pentagon bill, absent Ukraine aid, cleared the lower chamber in a 218-210 vote, with two Republicans – Reps. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) and Ken Buck (R-Colo.) – opposing it, and two Democrats – Reps. Jared Golden (D-Maine) and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-Wa.) – joining Republicans to pass it.
2. A stand-alone bill providing $300 million in aid to Ukraine passed Thursday in a 311-117 vote to approve the funding, with more than 100 Republicans joining all Democrats in approving the legislation.
3. The Homeland Security spending measure, which includes more than $2 billion for construction of a wall along the US-Mexico border, passed 220-208, with Golden and Gluesenkamp Perez once again joining Republicans to pass the legislation.
4. The House failed to pass the annual agriculture spending bill in a 191-237 vote that saw 27 Republicans join all Democrats in opposing it. Republicans opposing the bill expressed concerns with provisions that would ban abortion pills to be sold through the mail and in retail pharmacies, and cut programs that support farmers.