Well, folks, we made it through another hectic Friday on Capitol Hill as the House of Representatives struggled to get a spending bill passed. That bill is now with the Senate, which will have to pass it before a midnight EST deadline.
Here’s a summary of how it all unfolded, plus some other bits from the day in politics:
The House passed a spending bill hours before the deadline for a government shutdown. The continuing resolution passed with 366 yea votes and 34 nays.
House Republicans proposed government funding legislation that will require a two-thirds majority to pass the chamber, and does not include an increase to the debt ceiling, Punchbowl News reports. That meant the bill will need at least some Democratic votes to reach the Senate.
JD Vance and Russ Vought, an author of Project 2025 whom Donald Trump nominated to lead a powerful White House office, were scheduled to meet this morning with lawmakers in the rightwing Freedom Caucus, Punchbowl News reports.
Donald Trump, warned the EU that it will face trade tariffs on its exports to the US unless its member states buy more American oil and gas.
Donald Trump said that if a shutdown happens, ‘let it begin now’. In an early Friday morning post on his Truth Social social media platform, Trump said: “Congress must get rid of, or extend out to, perhaps, 2029, the ridiculous Debt Ceiling. Without this, we should never make a deal. Remember, the pressure is on whoever is President.”
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House speaker Mike Johnson says that he was in “constant contact” with Donald Trump as the House worked to vote on a spending bill. During a post-vote press conference, Johnson said that Trump is “happy about this outcome as well”.
He also emphasized that this vote was a necessary step toward getting Americans the aid that they need, especially after a devastating hurricane season, telling reporters:
This was a necessary step to bridge the gap to put us into that moment where we can put our fingerprints on the final spending decisions for 2025. We also in this bill took care of Americans who desperately needed and deserved the assistance … We are excited about this outcome. We are grateful that everyone stood together to do the right thing, and having gotten this down now as the last order of business for the year, we’re set up for a big and important new start in January.
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