On the evening of March 21, 2018, the text of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018[1] was released.

The text was posted to the web site of the United States House Committee on Rules at 10:00 p.m.[2] H.R.

[2] The rule was filed at 1:20 a.m.[2] The one hour of debate began at 9:15 a.m.[2] Afterwards, James McGovern (D-Massachusetts) advocated to amend the bill further in order to be able to add text to adjust the status of unauthorized immigrants who entered the U.S. as children.

[2] The House voted 233–186 to disallow adding any text to the bill other than the more than 2,000 pages proposed the night before.

[4] That morning, Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney said, "Is the president going to sign the bill?