President-elect Donald Trump supported an agreement by House Republican leaders to fund the government through March 2025 and raise the debt ceiling through 2027.
President Trump's support for a House Republican spending bill to avert a government shutdown follows his decision Wednesday to cut House Speaker Mike Johnson's initial stopgap funding. invoicewas heavily criticized by the president-elect and Republican lawmakers for including unrelated Democratic policy riders in the spending package.
116 pages of new stopgap funding invoiceThe resolution, known as the Continuing Resolution (CR), is a slimmed-down version of the previous spending package, which totaled more than 1,500 pages. The new CR includes a one-year extension of the Farm Bill and $110 billion in disaster relief for victims of Hurricanes Milton and Helen. Provisions of the old CR, such as raising salaries for members of Congress, limiting U.S. investment in China, and allowing year-round sales of E15 gasoline, have been removed in the new version. House Republican leaders also gave the Center for Global Engagement, which has been accused of censoring conservative speech, a one-year license from new spending deals. (RELATED: North Carolina lawmaker asks Congress to pass disaster aid before leaving town)
“A success in Washington! Speaker Mike Johnson and the House of Representatives have reached an agreement that is very good for the American people,” President-elect Trump said. I wrote In Thursday's Truth Social post. “The newly agreed American Rescue Act of 2024 will open government, fund great farmers and others, and provide relief to those severely affected by devastating hurricanes. Critically important to the America First agenda. Also added: The much-unnecessary debt ceiling date has been pushed back two years to January 30, 2027. Now we can make America great again, very quickly. We can. That's what people gave us the mission to accomplish.
President Trump added: “Every Republican, and even Democrats, should do what's best for our country and vote yes on this bill tonight.”
The House could vote on the bill as early as Thursday night under a suspension of rules, requiring a two-thirds majority to pass the spending package and the debt ceiling increase.
Several members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus have vowed to vote against the new CR.
“More debt. More government. $4 trillion more in credit card spending with zero spending restraints or cuts. A firm no,” said Rep. Chip Roy, Republican of Texas. I wrote In the post of X.
House Democratic leadership appears to be whipping members to oppose the new CR. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Reporters said, “The Trump-Musk-Johnson proposal is ridiculous.''
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