Take three: Congress is scrambling to put together a passable spending deal that will avoid a government shutdown for the third time this week after the House resoundingly rejected a compromise continuing resolution worked out by President-elect Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R–La.).
In a Thursday afternoon tally, representatives voted 174-235 against the Johnson-Trump compromise measure that would have kept the government open through March, spent another $100 billion on disaster relief, and raised the debt ceiling (which the federal government is currently projected to hit in June 2025) for two years.
