Government shutdown live updates: Third new spending bill finally passes as White House approves
It was the third attempt to avoid a government shutdown after Speaker Mike Johnson’s second congressional spending bill failed in a blow to Musk and Trump
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Your support makes all the difference.The House has voted to approve a three-month government spending bill just hours before the shutdown deadline.
It was the third attempt to avoid a government shutdown after Speaker Mike Johnson’s second congressional spending bill, drafted at the insistence of Donald Trump to include a suspension of the debt limit and remove a number of concessions to Democrats, was comprehensively defeated in the House of Representatives on Thursday night.
It was a blow to Trump and Elon Musk, who commanded Congress to ditch the original bipartisan framework.
The stop-gap bill needs Senate approval before President Joe Biden can sign it into law.
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the president supported the third bill.
“President Biden supports moving this legislation forward and ensuring that the vital services the government provides for hardworking Americans – from issuing Social Security checks to processing benefits for veterans – can continue as well as to grant assistance for communities that were impacted by devastating hurricanes,” Jean-Pierre said in a statement.
Federal funding runs out at midnight on Friday and the White House Office of Management and Budget warned government agencies to prepare for the worst before the vote took place.
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Last night naturally provided America’s political commentators with plenty of material and this from Dispatch editor-in-chief Jonah Goldberg is particularly astute.
Democratic strategist Julie Roginsky also enjoyed herself on CNN.
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