{"id":76477,"date":"2024-12-21T06:33:38","date_gmt":"2024-12-21T06:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2024\/12\/21\/government-funding-bill-clears-congress-averting-a-shutdown\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T16:11:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T16:11:18","slug":"government-funding-bill-clears-congress-averting-a-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2024\/12\/21\/government-funding-bill-clears-congress-averting-a-shutdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Government funding bill clears Congress, averting a shutdown"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 Facing a <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/government-shutdown-trump-elon-musk-johnson-schumer-jeffries-cf75ae3c5f04207980cb96b286e70c09\" target=\"_blank\">government shutdown<\/a> deadline, the Senate rushed through final passage early Saturday of a bipartisan plan that would temporarily fund federal operations and disaster aid, dropping President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\">Donald Trump\u2019s<\/a> demands for a debt limit increase into the new year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">House Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-ufc-house-speaker-johnson-madison-square-garden-995a7ee3324e04ec6da680c826136655\" target=\"_blank\">Mike Johnson<\/a> had insisted Congress would \u201cmeet our obligations\u201d and not allow federal operations to shutter ahead of the Christmas holiday season. But the day\u2019s outcome was uncertain after Trump doubled down on his insistence that a <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/debt-ceiling-shutdown-explainer-22ff94a8f8b188c722ff8fab3f7093d0\" target=\"_blank\">debt ceiling<\/a> increase be included in any deal \u2014 if not, he said in an early morning post, let the closures \u201cstart now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The House approved Johnson&#8217;s new bill overwhelmingly, 366-34. The Senate worked into the night to pass it, 85-11, just past the deadline. At midnight, the White House said it had ceased shutdown preparations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Government workers had previously been told to prepare for a federal shutdown that would send millions of employees \u2014 and members of the military \u2014 into the holiday season without paychecks.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2024\/12\/19\/looming-government-shutdown-could-hurt-military-families-veterans\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-182585991.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Looming government shutdown could hurt military families, veterans<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Plans to avert a partial government shutdown starting this weekend appeared scuttled after President-elect Donald Trump opposed the bipartisan deal.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is a good outcome for the country,\u201d Johnson said after the House vote, adding he had spoken with Trump and the president-elect \u201cwas certainly happy about this outcome, as well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Joe Biden, who has played a less public role in the process throughout a turbulent week, was expected to sign the measure into law Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere will be no government shutdown,\u201d Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The final product was the third attempt from Johnson, the beleaguered House speaker, to achieve one of the basic requirements of the federal government \u2014 keeping it open. And it raised stark questions about whether Johnson will be able to keep his job, in the face of angry GOP colleagues, and work alongside Trump and billionaire ally <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2024\/12\/19\/air-force-secretary-elon-musk-not-a-warfighter-needs-to-learn-more\/\" target=\"_blank\">Elon Musk<\/a>, who called the legislative plays from afar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump&#8217;s last-minute demand was almost an impossible ask, and Johnson had almost no choice but to work around his pressure for a debt ceiling increase. The speaker knew there wouldn\u2019t be enough support within the GOP majority to pass any funding package, since many Republican deficit hawks prefer to slash federal government and certainly wouldn\u2019t allow more debt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instead, the Republicans, who will have full control of the White House, House and Senate next year, with big plans for tax cuts and other priorities, are showing they must routinely rely on Democrats for the votes needed to keep up with the routine operations of governing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSo is this a Republican bill or a Democrat bill?\u201d scoffed Musk on social media ahead of the vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The drastically slimmed-down 118-page package would fund the government at current levels through March 14 and add $100 billion in disaster aid and $10 billion in agricultural assistance to farmers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gone is Trump\u2019s demand to lift the debt ceiling, which GOP leaders told lawmakers would be debated as part of their tax and border packages in the new year. Republicans made a so-called handshake agreement to raise the debt limit at that time while also cutting $2.5 trillion in spending over 10 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s essentially the same deal that flopped the night before in a spectacular setback opposed by most Democrats and some of the most conservative Republicans \u2014 minus Trump\u2019s debt ceiling demand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But it&#8217;s far smaller than the original bipartisan accord Johnson struck with Democratic and Republican leaders \u2014 a 1,500-page bill that Trump and Musk rejected, forcing him to start over. It was stuffed with a long list of other bills \u2014 including much-derided pay raises for lawmakers \u2014 but also other measures with broad bipartisan support that now have a tougher path to becoming law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">House Democrats were cool to the latest effort after Johnson reneged on the hard-fought bipartisan compromise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rep. Rosa DeLauro, the top Democrat on the Appropriations Committee, said it looked like Musk, the wealthiest man in the world, was calling the shots for Trump and Republicans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWho is in charge?\u201d she asked during the debate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still, the Democrats put up more votes than Republicans for the bill\u2019s passage. Almost three dozen conservative Republicans voted against it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe House Democrats have successfully stopped extreme MAGA Republicans from shutting down the government, crashing the economy and hurting working-class Americans all across the nation,\u201d House Democratic Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/hakeem-jeffries\">Hakeem Jeffries<\/a> said after the vote, referring to Trump&#8217;s \u201cMake America Great Again\u201d slogan.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2024\/12\/18\/plan-to-avert-government-shutdown-does-not-include-extra-va-funds\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22356462923111.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Plan to avert government shutdown does not include extra VA funds<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">VA leaders had asked for roughly $6.6 billion in extra funding for FY25, and said they could face problems with hiring and programs without it.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump, who has not yet been sworn into office, is showing the power but also the limits of his sway with Congress, as he intervenes and orchestrates affairs from Mar-a-Lago alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/elon-musk-congress-bipartisan-deal-320a3487d596ae0d2e1ffdc1e62054b3\">Musk<\/a>, who is heading up the new Department of Government Efficiency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The incoming Trump administration vows to <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/project-2025-trump-harris-election-heritage-foundation-9183cf4c36c293e11b59847189d26a87\" target=\"_blank\">slash the federal budget and fire thousands of employees<\/a> and is counting on Republicans for a big tax package. And Trump\u2019s not fearful of shutdowns the way lawmakers are, having sparked the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/30769167ab7a4ef9adf880d020b775dd\" target=\"_blank\">longest government shutdown in history<\/a> in his first term at the White House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf there is going to be a shutdown of government, let it begin now,\u201d Trump posted early in the morning on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More important for the president-elect was his demand for pushing the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/joe-biden-debt-ceiling-budget-signing-f78a000d83cf85ffbaa2d08637844053\" target=\"_blank\">thorny debt ceiling debate<\/a> off the table before he returns to the White House. The federal debt limit expires Jan. 1, and Trump doesn\u2019t want the first months of his new administration saddled with tough negotiations in Congress to lift the nation\u2019s borrowing capacity. Now Johnson will be on the hook to deliver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCongress must get rid of, or extend out to, perhaps, 2029, the ridiculous Debt Ceiling,\u201d Trump posted \u2014 increasing his demand for a new five-year debt limit increase. \u201cWithout this, we should never make a deal.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Biden has been in discussions with Jeffries and Schumer, but White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said: \u201cRepublicans blew up this deal. They did, and they need to fix this.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the day dragged on, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell stepped in to remind colleagues \u201chow harmful it is to shut the government down, and how foolish it is to bet your own side won\u2019t take the blame for it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At one point, Johnson asked House Republicans at a lunchtime meeting for a show of hands as they tried to choose the path forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It wasn\u2019t just the shutdown, but the speaker\u2019s job on the line. The speaker\u2019s election is the first vote of the new Congress, which convenes Jan. 3, and some Trump allies have floated Musk for speaker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Johnson said he spoke to Musk ahead of the vote Friday and they talked about the \u201cextraordinary challenges of this job.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Associated Press writers Kevin Freking, Stephen Groves, Mary Clare Jalonick, Darlene Superville and Bill Barrow contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The plan now goes to President Joe Biden, who is expected to quickly sign it into 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