The US House of Representatives rejects a Trump-backed plan to finance the government

The US House of Representatives on Thursday rejected President-elect Donald Trump’s new plan to fund federal operations and suspend the debt ceiling a day before the government shutdown, as Democrats refused to meet his surprise demands and the quick plan that was improvised by GOP leaders.
In a hastily held vote in the evening that was punctuated by tantrums over the government-created crisis, lawmakers failed to reach the required threshold of two-thirds of the vote to pass – but House Speaker Mike Johnson seemed determined to try again before the mid-term deadline. Friday night.

“We’re going to do the right thing here,” Johnson said before the vote. But he did not obtain a majority, as the bill failed by 174 votes to 235.

US government funding

US President-elect Donald Trump announced that he supports a new Republican Party plan to finance the government and raise the debt ceiling, and urged a quick path as the government shutdown approaches, with a vote scheduled in the House of Representatives for Thursday evening.
Trump wrote in his post: “Success in Washington! House Speaker Mike Johnson and the House of Representatives reached a very good deal.”