The House passed Speaker Mike Johnson's funding bill on Friday, hours before the government shutdown at midnight.
Johnson's latest continuing resolution passed the House on a 366-34 vote, with 170 Republicans and 196 Democrats voting to pass the bill and 34 Republicans voting against it.
As with his previous two attempts, Johnson faced an uphill battle in this CR, trying to pass the bill in the 11th hour.
Because the vote was pending, CR would need a two-thirds vote to pass the House, requiring Democrats to work with Republicans.
Like two other bills proposed by Prime Minister Johnson earlier this week, the latest CR would extend government funding until March 14 and include support for farmers as well as hurricane victims. are. In contrast to Thursday night's bill, the CR does not include a provision to suspend the debt ceiling, as President Trump had originally called for.
The CR was one of two potential paths Republican leaders were considering early Friday. In addition to the clean three-month CR that ultimately passed, Republicans took a three-pronged approach under rules that required the CR, farm bill, and disaster aid to be voted on separately and passed with a simple majority. was also under consideration. .
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As with his previous two attempts, Johnson faced an uphill battle in this CR, trying to pass the bill in the 11th hour.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the first CR on Tuesday night, after days of negotiations and delays. The original 1,547-page CR came under intense scrutiny from Republican lawmakers, MAGA allies, and President-elect Donald Trump himself.
As a result of this overwhelming pressure campaign, Johnson's first bill was never even brought to the floor. Within 24 hours, Mr Johnson began negotiating a new CR.
Mr. Johnson on Thursday produced a much-shrunken 116-page CR, which received President Trump's blessing. The House quickly moved to a vote later that evening. 172 Republicans and 2 Democrats voted in favor of the bill, but 38 Republicans joined 197 Democrats to block it.
The government managed to avoid a pre-Christmas shutdown after Johnson's third bill was drafted, negotiated and ultimately passed.
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