member of the House of Representatives rejected On Thursday evening, House Speaker Mike Johnson's new stopgap funding bill passed 233-174.
Thirty-eight Republicans, including Texas Republican Rep. Chip Roy, oppose raising the debt ceiling without significant spending cuts or allowing $110 billion in disaster aid without offsets. For this reason, they voted against the new continuing resolution (CR).
“we teeth go to increase of debt sealing do not have just 4 Trillion — it is That's a mistake,'' Roy said during floor debate on the spending package. “It was go to increase of debt by 5 dollars Trillion — it is what go to happen right here – by republican party increase of debt 5 dollars Trillion. and what teeth you doing it in of same invoice? $110 billion unpaid for – because you never have Any ounce of self respect to go outside and campaign, I'm saying you go to balance of budget, and after that you come in here and Passed $110 billion unpaid for? “
“yes, I think this invoice teeth better than that It was yesterday above be I respect you,” Roy added. “but to take this invoice, to take this invoice yesterday, and Congratulations yourself because the short in page, but increase of debt by 5 dollars Trillion teeth Asinine. ”
— Rep. Chip Roy Press Office (@RepChipRoy) December 19, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump prompted Republican lawmakers announced their support for the spending package in Thursday's Truth social posts.
House Republican leaders' new spending package would fund the government through March 2025 and raise the debt ceiling through 2027. The new 116-page bridging fund is invoiceKnown as the CR, this was a slimmed-down version of the previous spending package totaling over 1,500 pages. The new CR included 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 salary increases for members of Congress, limits on U.S. foreign investment in China, and permission to sell E15 gasoline year-round, have been omitted 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.
The bill failed to receive the two-thirds majority needed to move the bill under the rule suspension.
Government funding expires tomorrow night.
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