The House passed a $4.6 billion bill funding humanitarian aid for migrants, approving the Senate version of the legislation over the objections of many liberal Democrats
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat from California, had previously pledged changes to the Senate package before allowing it on the House floor for a vote. Abandoning those plans cleared the way for the bill to be approved by Congress before lawmakers leave Washington.
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