23 December 2024

The House plans to vote on another CR proposal Friday morning to avoid a looming partial government shutdown Republican Party lawmaker He told reporters on Capitol Hill.

Speaking to reporters outside House Speaker Mike Johnson's office, Rep. Ana Paulina Luna, R-Fla., said lawmakers are “very close to reaching an agreement” and that a vote could take place at 10 a.m. Friday.

“I don't think the government is going to shut down. You guys are going to see some great things, very similar to President Trump's plan yesterday,” the congresswoman said.

Trump-backed spending bill falls apart as shutdown looms

Florida Republican Representative Anna Paulina Luna

Rep. Ana Paulina Luna, R-Fla., attends a House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing in the Rayburn Building on Tuesday, February 7, 2023. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Luna also added that “there will be no deals with Democrats.”

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Legislation to avoid a partial government shutdown that Trump supported Failed to pass House of Representatives on Thursday evening. The bill needed approval from two-thirds of House members to pass, but it failed to even get a majority, with two Democrats voting with a majority of Republicans to pass the bill and 38 GOP lawmakers opposing it.

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