House rejects Trump-backed spending deal on eve of government shutdown

Congress hits spending stalemate

Congress is once again trying to avoid a holiday-eve government shutdown by ramming through a last-minute continuing resolution to fund the government through the new year. The process, per usual, is angering various factions within the House of Representatives as Democrats, budget-hawk Republicans and the establishment GOP are at odds over how much to spend and what to spend it on and whether or not to raise the debt ceiling.Johnson’s “Plan A,”…

The House of Representatives strongly rejected Trump’s revised spending bill on Thursday night, leaving the nation on the verge of a government shutdown. In a series of multimillionaire-driven political maneuvers, last-minute demands issued Thursday night by President-elect Donald Trump plunged the U.S. Congress into chaos, jeopardizing government operations a few days before Christmas. READ ALSO:Donald Trump calls for rejection of bipartisan ag…

President-elect Trump derails agreement to keep the federal government running

San José, CA - With just one day to go before the federal government runs out of funding, President-elect Donald Trump, with the help of ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson Races to Prevent Government Shutdown, Negotiates with Democrats

WASHINGTON D.C (VINnews)-In a high-stakes effort to avert a looming government shutdown, House Speaker Mike Johnson convened with Republican leaders and key Democratic lawmakers early Friday morning to strategize a last-minute spending bill. The push comes just hours before a midnight deadline that could see significant federal agencies close down unless a deal is struck. […]

Donald Trump wants debt ceiling in the budget deal. If not, he says let the government shutdown start now

WASHINGTON — Hours before the start of a federal government shutdown, President-elect Donald Trump doubled-down Friday on his insistence that a debt ceiling increase be included in any deal — and if not, let the closures “start now.” Trump, who is not yet even sworn into the White House, issued his latest demand as House Speaker Mike Johnson arrived early at the Capitol, instantly holing up with some of the most conservative Republicans in the H…

Reps. Pingree, Golden vote for funding bill

Maine's House members noted that the latest deal dropped a controversial suspension of the national debt ceiling, which was included in a plan backed by President-elect Donald Trump Thursday night.