Facing a government shutdown deadline, the Senate rushed through final passage early Saturday of a bipartisan plan that would temporarily fund federal operations and disaster aid, dropping President-elect Donald Trump’s demands for a debt limit increase into the new year.
House Speaker Mike Johnson had insisted Congress would “meet our obligations” and not allow federal operations to shutter ahead of the Christmas holiday season. But the day’s outcome was uncertain after Trump doubled down on his insistence that a debt ceiling increase be included in any deal — if not, he said in an early morning post, let the closures “start now.”
The House approved Johnson’s new bill overwhelmingly, 366-34. The Senate worked into the night to pass it, 85-11, just after the deadline. At midnight, the White House said it had ceased shutdown preparations.
Reading between the lines, kids with cancer are still fucked.
No, senate dems were able to do some maneuvering to resecure most of that pediatric cancer funding that president-elect Musk and house republicans cut of their CR bill
The house had already technically passed an earlier bill that approved similar funding (intended to be merge into the main CR), so the senate dems just went back to that earlier bill and voted on it and got that passed
I have yet to find a news article that explains all differences between bill 1 (the one president musk killed by tweeting) and bill 3 (the one congress just passed). I feel like journalists are going to read this over the holidays and in January we’re going to get stories about how lawmakers just defunded the EPA or something.
As mentioned elsewhere, pediatric cancer funds have already been restored in separate legislation.
There were provisions of the CR that didn’t strictly have to do with government funding. This is not unusual as these are attached so Congress doesn’t have to consider each separately under the rules. Some of them didn’t make the final bill (also not unusual). They will no doubt either find their way on other bills or as standalone.
Musk got what he wanted
Also stripped from the bill was a provision that would have limited US investments in China, particularly in the technology sector
Meeting obligations would have meant a budget before October 1. Of course they have only accomplished that like 4 times in the last 50 years.
Congrats on once again doing the bare minimum required of you. You guys are the best.
