UPDATE
Dec 19, 2024 3:15 PM CST
House Republicans have announced that they've reached agreement on a Plan B to avert a government shutdown. They plan a vote later Thursday, the Hill reports, ahead of Friday's deadline. The new version includes a three-month continuing resolution and a two-year suspension of the debt ceiling but leaves out a congressional pay raise. It also would extend the farm bill for a year and fund disaster aid, per the New York Times. President-elect Trump endorsed the latest proposal on social media.
Dec 19, 2024 1:30 AM CST
The bipartisan spending bill Congress put forward to prevent a government shutdown is dead, according to House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, who responded "yes" when asked Wednesday night if the deal had been officially scrapped following President-elect Trump's rejection of it. House Speaker Mike Johnson has not yet said how he plans to proceed, the BBC reports. Rather than passing a budget for the fiscal year that started October 1, Congress passed a temporary spending bill, which expires Friday. Without a short-term funding bill passing, a federal government shutdown looms.