The House of Representatives overwhelmingly rejected President-elect Donald Trump's proposed plan to fund government operations and suspend the debt ceiling, setting the stage for a potential government shutdown.
WASHINGTON — A day before a potential government shutdown , the House resoundingly rejected President-elect Donald Trump 's new plan Thursday to fund operations and suspend the debt ceiling, as Democrats and dozens of Republicans refused to accommodate his sudden demands.
In a hastily convened evening vote punctuated by angry outbursts over the self-made crisis, the lawmakers failed to reach the two-thirds threshold needed for passage — but House Speaker Mike Johnson appeared determined to reassess, before Friday's midnight deadline. 'We're going to regroup and we will come up with another solution, so stay tuned,' Johnson said after the vote. The cobbled-together plan didn't even get a majority, with the bill failing 174-235. The outcome proved a massive setback for Trump and his billionaire ally, Elon Musk, who rampaged against Johnson's bipartisan compromise, which Republicans and Democrats had reached earlier to prevent a Christmastime government shutdown. It provides a preview of the turbulence ahead when Trump returns to the White House with Republican control of the House and Senate. During his first term, Trump led Republicans into the longest government shutdown in history during the 2018 Christmas season, and interrupted the holidays in 2020 by tanking a bipartisan COVID-relief bill and forcing a do-over. Hours earlier Thursday, Trump announced 'SUCCESS in Washington!' in coming up with the new package which would keep government running for three more months, add $100.4 billion in disaster assistance including for hurricane-hit states, and allow more borrowing through Jan. 30, 2027. 'Speaker Mike Johnson and the House have come to a very good Deal,' Trump posted. But Republicans, who had spent 24 hours largely negotiating with themselves to cut out the extras conservatives opposed and come up with the new plan, ran into a wall of resistance from Democrats, who were in no hurry to appease demands from Trump — or Mus
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