GOP lawmakers are struggling to avert a government shutdown days before Christmas after President-elect Donald Trump and his allies, including Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, denounced a bipartisan spending bill. The bill, meant to fund the government until March 14, also includes other year-end priorities like farm subsidies, disaster aid, and a pay raise for lawmakers. Republican frustration is mounting, potentially jeopardizing House Speaker Mike Johnson's bid to retain his position.
The Christmas tree outside the U.S. Capitol is illuminated as Congress works to finalize a stop-gap spending bill to avoid a government shutdown .
"In late September, when we passed this last , we said we needed to do it because we were running out of time, and here we are at the end of the next deadline, and we're still running out of time," Womack said on Tuesday before the final text was released."The American people are as tired of this as most appropriators."
"Anytime you are negotiating with a Democratic Senate and a Democratic White House, there are things you don't like," Thune said."At the end of the day, we've got some of this stuff wrapped up hopefully at the end of this year so we're not dealing with it all next year." "It is really a laughingstock. I mean, this is a joke," Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley told reporters."And by the way, who it's worst for is Donald Trump. It only goes until March. So March 14th, we're going to do this all over again, right in the middle of Trump's 100 days."The legislation released on Tuesday was the result of extensive bipartisan negotiations and Democrats said Wednesday that they were unwilling to back away from that pact.
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