pjmedia.com The United States is even closer to a partial government shutdown as a new spending bill, which was backed by President-elect Donald Trump and his allies, failed to pass the House of Representatives on Thursday evening. If Congress doesn’t come to a resolution by Friday at 11:59 p.m., the shutdown is imminent. And after a few days of infighting among politicians, it’s looking more and more likely.
According to the Associated Press, “the bill fell 174-235, failing to earn even a majority in the Republican-controlled House.”
This is the second such bill rejected this week. The first option, which was a bipartisan deal that Speaker of the House Mike Johnson struck with Democrats, extended the government funding deadline until March 14, but it also included numerous unrelated measures, including a controversial pay raise for congressional lawmakers, the first since 2009.
The new bill also extended the government funding deadline until March 14, but it was much smaller at 116 pages compared to the previous bill’s 1,547 pages, and supported by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) leaders.
…
Read Full Article Here…(pjmedia.com)
Home | Caravan to Midnight (zutalk.com)
Live Stream + Chat (zutalk.com)
