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US government shutdown looms after House rejects Trump-backed funding bill
Congress faces Friday night deadline after president-elect helped kill initial draft legislationFinancial Times - 3h -
House Republicans regrouping after government funding bill fails
Speaker Mike Johnson said that Republicans will "regroup" and "come up with another solution" after the government funding bill failed to pass.ABC News - 5h -
Trump-backed funding bill to avert government shutdown fails in House
The House Thursday voted against a government spending bill backed by President-elect Donald Trump. CBS News political reporter Taurean Small reports on the possible ramifications ahead of the ...CBS News - 9h -
Democrats dodge a debt ceiling deal
After years of decrying GOP hostage-taking, they're balking at Donald Trump's request for a clean increase to the borrowing limit.Politico - 11h -
What Senate Republicans are saying after Trump tanks government funding bill
Senate Republicans weigh in on new government funding challenges as clock ticks.ABC News - 16h -
Some Republicans oppose funding bill threatening government shutdown
Some Republicans, including President-elect Donald Trump, are opposing a bi-partisan government funding bill leaving them closer to a potential government shutdown. Meet the Press panelists discuss ...NBC News - 1d -
Trump opposes funding bill as government shutdown looms
President-elect Trump came out against a bipartisan funding bill that would prevent a government shutdown over the holidays, casting doubt on whether the measure will pass before the Saturday ...NBC News - 1d -
Dems say 'hell no' to GOP plan B on government funding, debt ceiling
House Democrats are rallying in overwhelming opposition to the Republicans' second stab at a government funding bill, vowing to sink it on the House floor and force GOP leaders back to the table to ...The Hill - 11h -
5 things to know about Trump's call to scrap debt ceiling
President-elect Trump has thrown a wrench into government funding negotiations with his call to eliminate the debt ceiling just days before a potential shutdown. Republican lawmakers are already ...The Hill - 11h -
Trump wants debt ceiling raised or scrapped in new government funding bill
President-elect Donald Trump is calling on Republicans to either raise or abolish the debt ceiling in a new spending bill to keep the government funded. CBS News political correspondent Caitlin ...CBS News - 14h -
Why Trump wants Congress to abolish the debt ceiling
President-elect Donald Trump added a wrinkle to negotiations over a deal to fund the government when he called for an increase to the debt ceiling.CBS News - 14h -
How Trump and Elon Musk derailed bipartisan plans for a funding bill
"My phone was ringing off the hook," Republican Rep. Andy Barr said. "The people who elected us are listening to Elon Musk."CBS News - 15h -
Trump shakes up spending talks with call to eliminate debt ceiling
President-elect Donald Trump Trump said lawmakers should oppose any sweeping spending measure that includes "traps" and abolish the debt limit before he takes office next year.CBS News - 15h -
Thune not ready to abolish debt limit in government funding bill
Incoming Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) on Thursday stopped short of embracing a proposal to add language to a year-end spending bill to abolish the debt limit so President-elect Trump ...The Hill - 17h -
Jeffries dismisses Trump debt ceiling demand: ‘Hard pass’
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) dismissed President-elect Trump’s demand to increase the debt ceiling, saying he was a “hard pass” on the idea. “GOP extremists want House Democrats ...The Hill - 17h -
Elizabeth Warren backs Trump call to eliminate debt ceiling
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Thursday supported President-elect Trump’s pressure on lawmakers to eliminate the debt ceiling. “I agree with President-elect Trump that Congress should terminate ...The Hill - 17h -
Trump says Congress should eliminate the debt ceiling
NBC News’ Garrett Haake spoke to President-elect Trump about his opposition to a government funding deal in Congress to avoid a shutdown. Trump also said Congress should abolish the debt ceiling, ...NBC News - 18h -
Trump calls for abolishing the debt ceiling
President-elect Donald Trump said Thursday that Congress should get rid of the debt ceiling, a day after he came out against a deal reached by congressional lawmakers to fund the government before ...NBC News - 18h -
Trump says US should get rid of debt ceiling
President-elect Trump said Thursday he would support abolishing the debt ceiling as he pushed the issue to the center of government spending talks with just days to avert a shutdown. Trump told NBC ...The Hill - 18h -
Trump, Egged On by Musk, Condemns Spending Deal, Raising Fears of Government Shutdown
The president-elect weighed in against the huge spending package after Elon Musk had spent the day warning Republicans not to support it. The blowup left the compromise on life support.The New York Times - 19h -
Trump joins Elon Musk in opposing House GOP's government funding bill
President-elect Donald Trump came out against a government funding bill backed by Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson.CNBC - 20h -
Trump, Musk push Republicans to reject government funding deal
A funding plan to avoid a government shutdown is teetering on the brink after President-elect Trump and Elon Musk weighed in against, causing the deal to fall apart. With a Friday deadline looming, ...NBC News - 21h -
Trump opposes funding bill, pushing government closer to a shutdown
President-elect Donald Trump opposes a short-term bill or CR to fund the government and avoid a shutdown, throwing Congress into chaos days before the deadline.NBC News - 1d -
Lawmakers caught off guard by Trump debt ceiling demand
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle appeared caught off guard on Wednesday as President-elect Trump demanded that a debt ceiling hike be paired with a stopgap government funding bill, rejecting a ...The Hill - 1d -
US government nears shutdown after Trump attacks funding bill
President-elect’s intervention raises odds of federal closures by weekendFinancial Times - 1d -
Last-minute government funding bill in limbo after opposition from Trump, others
A bipartisan House deal on a short-term funding measure that would avoid a potential shutdown and keep the government operational through March appeared to have been scrapped Wednesday after ...CBS News - 1d -
Top GOP appropriator 'surprised' by Trump debt ceiling demand: 'Don't know his rationale'
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) said Wednesday evening that she was taken aback by President-elect Trump's demand that the stopgap spending bill be used to increase the debt ceiling. Collins, the top ...The Hill - 1d -
Trump, Vance call for clean CR, debt ceiling hike, urge GOP to sink Johnson compromise
President-elect Trump and Vice President-elect Vance on Wednesday called for Republicans to approve a clean stopgap funding bill paired with a hike to the debt ceiling, saying the previous ...The Hill - 1d -
'We've got a lot of good wins' in government funding bill, says House Budget Republican
Rep. Buddy Carter (R-Ga.), a member of the House Budget Committee, joins Meet the Press NOW to discuss the continuing resolution to avoid a government shutdown, and talks about encouraging ...NBC News - 1d -
Trump allies work to sink government spending bill
Allies of President-elect Trump lashed out Wednesday over a massive government funding deal ahead of a looming deadline at the end of the week, pushing for lawmakers to oppose the agreement and ...The Hill - 1d -
Hawley blasts exclusion of RECA expansion from government funding bill
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) blasted the exclusion of an agreement to reauthorize the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) from a 1,500-page bill to fund the federal government, blaming Speaker ...The Hill - 1d -
Bill to prevent government shutdown includes raise for Congress. It’s the first pay hike in 16 years.
Congressional leaders have put forward a giant spending package to avoid a partial government shutdown, and one provision aims to deliver the first pay raise for lawmakers in about 16 years.MarketWatch - 1d -
Government funding bill will run through March, include $100B in disaster aid
Pieces of a bipartisan effort to prevent a government shutdown during the holiday season are beginning to come into focus, including a March end-date and $100 billion in disaster aid. GOP ...The Hill - 2d -
Where does the government want 1.5 million new homes?
The government wants 370,000 new homes built in England each year to tackle a housing shortage.BBC News - Dec. 12 -
Trump’s pick for IRS chief would lead an agency he once wanted to scrap. Here’s how he might run it.
President-elect Donald Trump wants the Internal Revenue Service under new management, and experts say change is coming. The question is how deep it will go.MarketWatch - Dec. 6 -
