Patty Murray said Friday she’s ready to stay in D.C. “through Christmas” to fight off President-elect Trump’s demand to strip negotiated provisions out of a bill to fund the government into 2025.

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President-elect Donald Trump is forcing Mike Johnson (R-LA) into a speakership-defining moment on the debt limit, inserting a loyalty test into an already tenuous fight over government funding. Trump expects Congress to raise, or eliminate, the federal debt ceiling before he assumes office on Jan. 20 and is demanding that Johnson start from scratch on a short-term... The post Trump puts Mike Johnson in a bind with debt ceiling demand appeared fi…

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Despite their past support for eliminating the debt ceiling, top Democrats rejected the idea on Thursday.

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Democrats Balk At Donald Trump’s Surprise New Demand As Government Shutdown Looms

Congressional members are considering a continuing resolution to extends current federal spending levels but would require Congress to convene after the holidays to work on a new funding resolution.

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Lawmakers search for alternatives after stopgap funding measure killed over Trump's debt-limit demands

Trump said early Thursday that Johnson will "easily remain speaker" for the next Congress if he "acts decisively and tough" in coming up with a new plan to also increase the debt limit, a stunning request just before the Christmas holidays.

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WASHINGTON – A government shutdown at risk, House Speaker Mike Johnson is fighting to figure out how to meet President-elect Donald Trump’s sudden demands — and keep his own job — while federal offices are being told to prepare to shutter operations ahead of Friday’s midnight deadline. Trump said early Thursday that Johnson will “easily remain speaker” for the next Congress if he “acts decisively and tough” in coming up with a new plan to also i…

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WASHINGTON (AP) — A government shutdown at risk, House Speaker Mike Johnson is fighting to figure out how to meet President-elect Donald Trump's sudden demands — and keep his own job — while federal offices are being told to prepare to shutter operations ahead of Friday's midnight deadline. Trump said early Thursday that Johnson will “easily remain speaker” for the next Congress if he “acts decisively and tough” in coming up with a new plan to a…

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Trump’s government shutdown threat is a loyalty test for GOP lawmakers. After blowing up a stopgap spending bill with Elon Musk, Trump is now demanding that his supporters back a new spending bill and debt limit increase they will hate.

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Trump’s Shutdown Threat Is a Loyalty Test for GOP Lawmakers

President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday took credit for killing the House Republican-proposed government funding bill, telling ABC News there will be a government shutdown unless Congress eliminates or extends the limit on government borrowing. “We’re not going to fall into the debt ceiling quicksand,” Trump said in an exclusive phone interview. “There won’t be anything approved unless the debt ceiling is done with.” Trump said he is concerned …

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Trump threatens shutdown unless debt limit demand met

Trump floated completely abolishing the debt ceiling on Thursday, surprising Democrats and Republicans alike.
The shocking demand comes as the president-elect revealed his opposition to the bipartisan spending bill, bringing the federal government another step closer to a shutdown.
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