With the August recess drawing near, congressional appropriators are making progress on spending bills for fiscal 2025.

When zero hour arrived in Washington, D.C., for the infrastructure and social spending packages that were once firmly tied together and now are only sort of tied together, a House vote was held on the infrastructure measure, and 13 Republicans voted for it. They now deserve support against withering criticism from within the GOP and from the Murdoch media empire’s Wall Street Journal and Fox News.

Congress approves major transportation bill, budget, in final weeks of session.