The partial government shutdown began at 12:01 a.m. Saturday after Congress failed to pass a stopgap spending measure before a deadline and send it to President Biden's desk.
However, the Senate is actively working through votes on the amendment and other considerations in order to send the measure to Biden. The temporary bill is expected to be approved in the Senate in the coming hours.
the Partial closure is only coming Days before Christmas and New Year.
As of Thursday, American national debt It was at $36,167,604,149,955.61 and was continuing to rise rapidly.
The partial government shutdown began at 12:01 a.m. Saturday after Congress failed to pass a temporary spending measure before the deadline. (Photo by Jamal Countess/Getty Images)
During a partial government shutdown, federal agencies and non-essential services are shut down, but some functions deemed “essential” will continue. Some national security functions, such as border patrol, law enforcement and disaster response, will remain active during the closure.
However, because the Senate is expected to move the bill forward soon, disruption to government function will be minimal, if noticeable at all.
An original agreement on the short-term spending bill was released earlier in the week. A total of 1,547 pages Including a number of policy provisions and disaster assistance.
Musk's public criticism of the bill preceded Trump's statement. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
But shortly after its release, billionaire Elon Musk and other conservative critics publicly criticized the measure, ultimately leading to its condemnation by President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect J.D. Vance.
The initial spending measure would have extended government funding levels for fiscal year 2024 through March 14 and provided more than $100 billion in disaster aid to those affected by storms Helen and Milton in the southeastern United States earlier this year. There was also a $10 billion provision for economic assistance to farmers in the bill.
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The size of the bill, along with many of its other provisions, including a cost-of-living increase for lawmakers, sparked public backlash from Musk and others.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk, co-chair of the newly announced Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), arrives on Capitol Hill with his son on December 5, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
After going back to the drawing board, House Republicans came out on Thursday with a new proposal. The revised measure would have extended current funding levels for three months and included a two-year debt limit suspension, at Trump's request.
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In addition, it provided economic assistance to farmers and about $110 billion in disaster aid.
But the bill failed on the House floor Thursday night as Democrats united against it and a large group of Republicans chose to oppose it as well.
By Friday morning, there appeared to be no agreement between Democrats and Republicans in Congress to work together on a new bill. In fact, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Senate Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray, D-Wash., have said the government will go into a partial shutdown at midnight if Republicans don't return to the original stopgap bill.
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Rep. Chip Roy speaks to the media after the House of Representatives fails to pass a government funding bill at the U.S. Capitol on December 19, 2024, in Washington, D.C. (Kevin Deitch/Getty Images)
“I'm prepared to stay here through Christmas because we won't let Elon Musk run the government,” Murray said in a statement.
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The House of Representatives was able to pass the third version of the spending bill on Friday. It was similar to the second version, including economic relief for farmers and disaster aid, but did not include the debt ceiling suspension that Trump had been insisting on.
The bill received broad bipartisan support in the House of Representatives and a green light from Biden, with the White House saying it would support it. Even Schumer issued a statement after the House passage, saying he was “confident” it would pass the Senate.
