The Third Spending Bill Passes the House of Representatives

The Democrats’ big bloated monster heist has been foiled. Democrat thieves lost.

118 pages down from over 1,500 pages.

Shutdown averted.

The Big Bloated Monstrosity CR is DEAD After Trump Rejects It

True https://t.co/j7eyQPSoFk

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 20, 2024

Big win for Trump in Congress

He first blocked the AWFUL CR.

He now has a clean one, with no Democrat pork or member pay raise, including massive economic and disaster aid for farmers and states affected by the hurricanes.

He cut the bill 95% in length down from 1,500 pages.…

— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) December 20, 2024

House passes bill to avoid a shutdown, sending it to the Senate hours before the deadline

The bill, which keeps the government funded through March 14, must still pass the Senate before 12:01 a.m. to avoid a shutdown.

Dec. 20, 2024, 11:51 AM EST / Updated Dec. 20, 2024, 6:11 PM EST
WASHINGTON — The Republican-controlled House on Friday evening passed a short-term bill to avert a government shutdown, just hours ahead of a deadline that would force U.S. troops, border patrol agents, air traffic controllers and millions of other federal workers to work without pay during the holidays.

The vote was 366-34, with all opposition coming from Republicans and one member voting present. It capped a tumultuous week in the House that foreshadowed how the new Congress in January might deal with a mercurial Donald Trump back in the White House. A two-thirds vote was needed because the bill came to the floor under a fast-track process.

The legislation now heads to the Senate which must pass it before 12:01 a.m. to avert a shutdown.

The package funds the government at current levels through March 14, and includes disaster aid and a farm bill — while stripping out a debt limit extension demanded by President-elect Trump earlier in the week.

Just three days ago, bipartisan House and Senate leaders struck an agreement to keep the government’s lights on, but Trump and his billionaire confidant Elon Musk killed the deal, insisting at the 11th hour it needed to extend or abolish the debt limit to make way for Trump’s agenda next year.

A backup plan — slimmed down from the original deal and endorsed by Trump and Musk — then went down in flames on the House floor, tanked by Democrats as well as 38 Republicans who objected to the debt extension.

That left Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., who is fighting to keep his leadership job, with few good options. After privately huddling with rank-and-file Republicans for more than two hours, Johnson told his party he was pressing forward with Plan C: the same package brought to the floor a day earlier but without Trump’s debt increase.

Earlier Friday, leaders floated breaking up the package into three separate parts and having lawmakers vote on them individually on the floor, according to GOP sources familiar with the plan. But the one-package proposal was seen as an easier lift with the clock ticking down.
Exiting the private GOP meeting, Johnson told reporters there would not be a shutdown and that House Republicans are “unified.”

“We will not have a government shutdown, and we will meet our obligations for our farmers who need aid, for the disaster victims all over the country, and for making sure that military and essential services and everyone who relies upon the federal government for a paycheck is paid over the holidays,” Johnson said.