The House of Representatives on Thursday night rejected a bill that President-elect Trump supported to prevent a limited government shutdown. The timeframe for the partial closure is approaching, and it’s getting closer to being done by Friday. The bill needed two-thirds of the House room to move, but failed to actually shield a majority. 38 GOP lawmakers voted against Trump, while the majority of Republicans supported the act, while the other two voted against it. The ratio fell to 174 to 235. After two weeks of squabbling in Congress, lawmakers fought among themselves to find a way to cut government spending, including Trump and his friends Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk. Meanwhile, the national debt has climbed to over$ 36 trillion, and the national deficit is over$ 1.8 trillion. After GOP rebels led by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy against an original bipartisan agreement that would have extended the government’s cash date until March 14 and include a number of related plan users, the policy was was hurriedly negotiated on Thursday. The new agreement also includes a number of important non-essential laws, but the 116-page act is little narrower than its 1, 547-page father. The new generation, like the original costs, extended the government’s cash date through March 14 and suspended the bill cap, something Trump had pushed for. It suggested that the loan ceiling be suspended for two decades until January 2027, with the intention to continue in Trump’s administration but postponed the debate until after the midterm elections in 2026. Additionally, the new plan included an estimated$ 110 billion in disaster reduction support for people who were affected by the hurricanes Milton and Helene as well as a plan to help pay for the reconstruction of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, which was damaged by a boat earlier this year. Excluded from the second-round estimate is the first pay increase for legislative lawmakers since 2009 and a measure aimed at revitalizing Washington, D. C.’s RFK facility. The new bill’s text was also considerably shorter, reducing its original bill’s length from 1, 547 pages to only 116. ” All Republicans, and even the Democrats, should do what is best for our Country, and ballot’ YES’ for this Bill, TONIGHT”! Trump wrote on Truth Social. Before the congressional text was also made public, the bill faced opposition. In their closed-door conference meeting on Thursday evening, Democrats chanted” Hell no” as they rebuffed Johnson’s apology for breaking their initial republican agreement. Virtually all House Democrats who left the meeting indicated that they were not going to vote against it. However, members of the ultra-conservative House Freedom Caucus even said they would vote against the bill. ” Old bill:$ 110BB in deficit spending (unpaid for ),$ 0 increase in the national credit card. New bill:$ 110BB in deficit spending (unpaid for ),$ 4 TRILLION+ debt ceiling increase with$ 0 in structural reforms for cuts. Time to read the costs: 1.5 time. I did vote no”, Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, wrote on X.
As the shutdown time fleas down, Trump-backed paying bills start to splutter.
