House passes government spending package after Trump, Musk fueled chaos [View all]

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https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/12/20/congress/house-passes-funding-package-government-shutdown-00195737

The House passed a stopgap package Friday evening that pushes the government funding deadline to March, as Congress races to avoid a looming deadline that would shut down the government in six hours.

The package passed 366-34, with the support of 196 Democrats and 170 Republicans. It now moves to the Senate, where leaders are hoping to lock in an agreement to fast-track final passage of the measure, racing against the midnight government shutdown deadline.

The package’s passage seemingly ends a chaotic 48 hours, after Elon Musk and President-elect Donald Trump worked to spike a previously-negotiated bipartisan funding agreement. The package that passed the House includes more than $110 billion in disaster aid and a one year farm bill extension but is stripped of Trump’s demand: a debt limit extension.

Musk weighed in just before the vote, commending Speaker Mike Johnson for having done “a good job here, given the circumstances,” while noting that many previously agreed-upon policies were left out of the measure the House ultimately passed. “It went from a bill that weighed pounds to a bill that weighed ounces,” Musk posted on X, his social media platform.