Members of the U.S. House voted 245-182 Tuesday to approve a new temporary spending measure that could make lasting Medicare program changes.

House leaders packaged the spending measure as a House amendment to a Senate amendment to H.R. 1892, a bill that would affect the rules that apply when federal facilities fly the U.S. flag at half-staff.

The federal government's current authorization to spend money on its operations will expire at midnight Thursday. The H.R. 1892 amendment would extend operating authority until March 23.

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Allison Bell

Allison Bell, a senior reporter at ThinkAdvisor and BenefitsPRO, previously was an associate editor at National Underwriter Life & Health. She has a bachelor's degree in economics from Washington University in St. Louis and a master's degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. She can be reached through X at @Think_Allison.