House Republicans are searching for a way to avoid a government shutdown, hours before the late Friday deadline, after their second funding proposal was defeated Thursday night.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said early Friday that Republicans had arrived at a plan C to avert a shutdown, and a vote was planned soon.
Democrats and a few dozen Republicans on Thursday rejected a bill that paired a three-month government funding extension, $110 billion in disaster and farm aid and other measures with a two-year extension of the debt limit — the latter of which was a last-minute demand by Trump.
Senate Republicans were left fuming over what they called the dysfunctional “s‑‑‑ show” and “fiasco” they witnessed in the House, as two proposals to fund the government through Christmas failed this week.
“I guess it’s back to the drawing board,” incoming Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) told The Hill as he exited the Capitol.
These 38 Republicans voted against the Trump-backed spending billWe'll be tracking developments here all day.
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