A government shutdown, which would leave thousands of federal employees furloughed with just days until Christmas and Hanukkah, will set in at midnight on Friday if Congress doesn't act.
The House on Thursday rejected a deal backed by President-elect Donald Trump that would have kept the government's doors open, with dozens of Republicans joining with Democrats and voting against the proposal.
That bill was a slimmed-down version of a bipartisan plan to temporarily dodge a government shutdown, known as continuing resolution, that Trump and his allies torpedoed earlier in the week.
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to put
individual elements of the funding extension up for a vote as separate bills.
The bills will likely need to be approved by the House Rules Committee in order to be approved by a simple majority vote, teeing up a full House vote on the legislation tomorrow.
The bill is likely to be broken out by the funding extension to avoid a shutdown, $100 billion in disaster relief funding to help with hurricane cleanup and other priorities, and $10 billion aid to farmers struggling with climate and inflation pressures.
Lawmakers are still discussing a plan to handle raising the debt limit, working toward an agreement to raise the debt ceiling as a part of a reconciliation package next year — the procedural process Republicans plan to use to pass big swaths of President-elect Donald Trump’s agenda.
Some notable 'no's included Texas Rep. Chip Roy, South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace, and Arizona Rep. Paul Gosar.
Rep. Ralph Norman, S.C., who voted against the funding deal last night, told reporters today that he supports a new deal reached by the House GOP.