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Evening Report — Down to the wire: Shutdown threat looms
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© Greg Nash
Johnson under fire as House nears vote to avert government shutdown
THE HOUSE WILL VOTE FRIDAY EVENING on a bill to fund the government at current levels until March 14, a last-gasp effort by Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to avoid a government shutdown.
Johnson spent the day strategizing a way forward after his previous funding bill went down in flames, with 38 Republicans voting against it despite President-elect Trump’s endorsement.
The new bill is almost exactly the same, although it will not include a debt limit hike that Trump demanded be included. Instead, Republicans plan to raise the debt ceiling next year through a reconciliation package that will include spending cuts.
“We will not have a government shutdown,” Johnson said. “And we will meet our obligations for our farmers who need aid, for the disaster victims all over the country, and for making sure that military and essential services and everyone who relies upon the federal government for a paycheck gets paid over the holidays.”
Congress has until midnight to pass a funding bill to avoid a shutdown.
Either way, Johnson has suffered immense political damage and faces questions about his future as House GOP leader. Republicans will hold a Speakership election Jan. 3 when the new Congress is sworn in.
“I don’t know what’s going on & really that’s part of problem… Zero communication from leadership to the membership,” said Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-N.Y.). “Something should change before January 3.”
Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.) told Fox Business's Maria Bartiromo:
“It’s an example of failure of leadership of Speaker Johnson. Speaker Johnson dragged President Trump into this circus.”
Johnson negotiated a 1,500-page spending deal with Democrats that would keep the government funded until March 14. That bill was set for passage this week before Elon Musk went ballistic on social platform X, pointing out some real extraneous spending, as well as some misinformation, about what was in the bill.
Trump later came out against the bill, sending Johnson back to the drawing board against a tight deadline.
The new pared-back version of the bill rings in at a modest 160 pages.
Still, a shutdown remains a possibility. There are no guarantees that this new........
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