Senators voted to pass a new version of the temporary spending bill early Saturday morning after a midnight deadline Partial government shutdown He came and went.
The Senate has advanced the third version of the short-term spending bill, and will now head to… Office of President Bidenwho has already indicated that he will sign it.
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.
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.
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Congress passed a short-term spending bill just hours before the shutdown deadline. (Stephanie Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
“Republicans must be smart and tough. If Democrats threaten to shut down the government unless we give them everything they want, let them call their bluff. It's Schumer and Biden who are blocking aid to our farmers and disaster relief,” Trump and Vance said in a lengthy statement opposing the bill Wednesday afternoon. .
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.
Meanwhile, as of Thursday American national debt It was at $36,167,604,149,955.61 and was continuing to rise rapidly.
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Elon Musk was vocally against the first iteration of the bill. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
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.
“Any member of the House or Senate who votes for this obscene spending bill deserves to be voted on in two years!” Written on X.
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.
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.
Johnson has been left to find a new temporary bill after opposition from Musk. (Jane Catofi/GC Images/Andrew Harnick/Getty Images)
“Old bill: $110 billion in deficit spending (unpaid), $0 increase in the national credit card. New bill: $110 billion in deficit spending (unpaid), $4 trillion+ increase in the debt ceiling with $0 in reforms.” Structure of the cuts It's time to read the bill: 1.5 hours I will vote no, Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, wrote on X before the vote.
Roy was one of 38 House Republicans who opposed the temporary bill.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (left) and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (Reuters)
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.
“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 Democrats did not get what they wanted, which was to return to the original bill. (Reuters)
Schumer said in statements on the Senate floor that the original bill would be passed in the Senate if House Speaker Mike Johnson put it to a vote.
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The third measure, which eventually passed the House and Senate, was similar to the measure that failed the night before. The bill includes economic relief for farmers and disaster aid for those affected by recent storms. However, the final temporary bill did not include a debt ceiling suspension, which Trump himself requested.
The House passed the short-term spending bill with 366 yes votes, exceeding the two-thirds necessary.
