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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(116,478 posts) Thu Dec 19, 2024, 05:18 PM Thursday

House GOP readies vote on new plan to avert government shutdown

Source: Washington Post

By Jacob Bogage and Marianna Sotomayor
House Republicans reached a last-minute deal that could fend off a weekend government shutdown, just 24 hours after President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk blew up a bipartisan compromise proposed by Speaker Mike Johnson.

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It also includes a last-minute demand by Trump to address the debt ceiling, a limit on how much the U.S. government can borrow, by suspending the limit until early 2027, extending a current suspension that was set to expire on Jan. 1, 2025.

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Though Johnson (R-Louisiana) and his allies won Trump over, the proposal is still on shaky ground with fiscally conservative lawmakers, threatening its chances of passing with only Republican votes.

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But House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-New York) rejected the Republican-only deal ahead of a House Democratic caucus meeting, saying, “The Trump-Musk-Johnson proposal is laughable.”

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House GOP readies vote on new plan to avert government shutdown (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Thursday OP

Suspending the debt limit for two years with Musk and Trump rzemanfl Thursday #1

Have debt ceiling expire when CR does, not a day later JMCKUSICK Thursday #10

Same ol' song n dance because they kick the can until next time..and they thrive on drama Deuxcents Thursday #2

The democratic caucus should just vote no. Don't help them out of their mess. Voltaire2 Thursday #3

with no debt ceiling d.o.g.e. Marthe48 Thursday #4

It's not the bipartisan deal that they all agreed to beforehand I say screw it and let the Republicans own the shutdown. cstanleytech Thursday #5

Dems must stick together and not support the fascist bill, any real shutdown will happen when fascists take over yaesu Thursday #6

What is the chance of this passing the Senate today? 33taw Thursday #7

Nil. maxsolomon Thursday #8

They are nuts. Oh, you knew that. 33taw Thursday #9

rzemanfl

(30,306 posts)

1. Suspending the debt limit for two years with Musk and Trump

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Thu Dec 19, 2024, 05:23 PM

Thursday

in charge? What could possibly go wrong?

of course

JMCKUSICK

(599 posts)

10. Have debt ceiling expire when CR does, not a day later

Reply to rzemanfl (Reply #1)

Thu Dec 19, 2024, 08:31 PM

Thursday

So lets attach the CR + inflation adjustment and let's see how far they wanna go. Any added certainty that this Congress can offer is good by me.

Deuxcents

(20,133 posts)

2. Same ol' song n dance because they kick the can until next time..and they thrive on drama

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Thu Dec 19, 2024, 05:24 PM

Thursday

If they stayed on their job long enough to get the business of the country going, they’d have to give up their many blocked work days n vacations. We get what we deserve with them because we don’t demand they do their jobs and keep re electing them.