LANSING, Mich. (WOOD) — The Michigan House of Representatives passed the general omnibus bill Thursday night, which funds most of the government, besides school aid.

The bill passed with 101 votes. Eight representatives voted against it. The bill now heads to the Senate.

"And this budget process, I’m proud to share, that we came together to work on a budget that works for Michigan," said Rep. Albas Farhat, D-Dearborn. "When I look at this budget, I do not see a Democrat or Republican budget, I see a budget that works for Michigan. I see a budget that represents the values that each and every one of us was elected to carry forward.”

“When we started this year’s budget process, we said we were going to approach it differently. And differently we did. We were going to dig deep with a thoro

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