Fortenberry voted against the final military construction bill in committee, but he described that vote as part of a Republican protest that Democrats should pass an overall budget plan.

Friday’s vote on disaster relief comes after the House had passed an earlier $14 billion version of the measure in January, but the legislation has been held up in the Senate amid a fight between Trump and Democrats over aid to Puerto Rico. Trump is feuding with Democratic officials on the island and falsely claims that Puerto Rico has already received $91 billion in aid.

Since the House measure originally passed, Midwestern floods have added billions of dollars to the government’s roster of disaster needs, while a rising wave of Central American migrants seeking refuge from violence in their countries is requiring additional billions of dollars to house and care for them.

Friday’s measure originally added $3 billion to the earlier House bill to help Midwest states such as Iowa and Nebraska recover from this spring’s floods — but then was successfully amended on the floor numerous times by lawmakers in both parties, who added $1.8 billion to rebuild military bases in Nebraska and Florida, as well as more flood aid for the Midwest.