Politics House passes bill to avert shutdown hours ahead of deadline By Clare Foran, Haley Talbot and Morgan Rimmer, CNN 3 minute read Updated 10:47 PM EST, Fri December 20, 2024 'Honeymoon period is over': GOP strategist on what shutdown drama may mean for Trump 01:26 - Source: CNN 20241220-trump_tomlinson_split.jpg 'Honeymoon period is over': GOP strategist on what shutdown drama may mean for Trump 01:26 still_20921187_5804158.233_still.jpg ‘We are hanging on by a thread’: Business owner responds to shutdown threat 03:39 johnson thumb v3.png ‘We’ve got a plan’: Mike Johnson on spending bill 01:22 still_21217879_109175.013_still.jpg Rep. Jayapal says Trump's demand is a red line for her 02:45 PARIS, FRANCE - JUNE 16: Chief Executive Officer of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of Twitter, Elon Musk attends the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre on June 16, 2023 in Paris, France. Elon Musk is visiting Paris for the VivaTech show where he gives a conference in front of 4,000 technology enthusiasts. He also took the opportunity to meet Bernard Arnaud, CEO of LVMH and the French President. Emmanuel Macron, who has already met Elon Musk twice in recent months, hopes to convince him to set up a Tesla battery factory in France, his pioneer company in electric cars. (Photo by Chesnot/Getty Images) 'The world's richest man right now holding the country hostage': Erin Burnett on Musk blowing up bipartisan debt deal 03:47 20241219-raju_split.jpg ‘I’m not afraid of a shutdown’: Republicans who defied Trump explain vote against spending bill 01:28 still_21215606_9682.264_still.jpg House Democratic leader calls new GOP spending bill 'laughable' 01:33 20241218-kaitlan_homan split.jpg Kaitlan Collins asks Trump's 'border czar' if he has any red lines on establishing deportation facilities 03:48 haberman.jpg Haberman on the question that Trump’s criticism of spending deal raises 02:14 jeffries.jpg House Democratic leader calls out GOP for backing out of government funding deal 03:18 still_21193088_1040_still.jpg 'Tool we have in our toolbox': Canadian official threatens to cut off energy to US 05:16 bolton src.jpg Bolton reacts to report on Musk’s potential security risks 01:59 President Joe Biden meets with President-elect Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, in Washington. Can Trump save TikTok? 4 possibilities, explained 03:08 still_21207769_12026293.972_still.jpg Son of polio vaccine creator says he is 'relieved' Trump supports vaccine 07:29 President-elect Donald Trump stands with Howard Lutnick, left, and SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son, right, at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, on Monday, December 16. Trump says he's a big believer in the polio vaccine 00:36 See More Videos CNN — The House voted on Friday to pass a stopgap funding bill in a bid to avert a shutdown just hours before a midnight deadline. The Senate must take up the bill next before it can be sent to President Joe Biden to be signed into law. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Friday evening that senators have reached an agreement to vote on the package before funding lapses at midnight. The bill extends government funding into March and provides disaster relief and farm aid, but it does not include a suspension of the debt limit, which President-elect Donald Trump had demanded Republicans address. The successful vote in the House followed a tumultuous 24 hours on Capitol Hill as Republicans scrambled to find a way to prevent a shutdown after Trump upended the funding push by coming out against an initial bipartisan deal. Mike Johnson to Elon Musk: ‘You want to be Speaker?' 01:30 - Source: CNN Trump’s opposition to the bipartisan agreement led Republicans to tank the deal, infuriating Democrats. The Republican-led House then tried and failed on Thursday to pass a GOP funding plan backed by Trump that would have included a two-year suspension of the debt limit. That bill failed amid opposition from Democrats as well as a significant number of Republicans, highlighting the limits of Trump’s influence over congressional Republicans despite his position as leader of the party. Democrats supported the bill that came to a vote on Friday after Republicans dropped the debt limit provisions, arguing that the GOP effort to suspend the debt limit would have helped Trump pass his tax plan. The House vote was 366 to 34. One Democrat voted present, and all of the votes against the bill were Republicans. Lawmakers are voting on a package that will keep the federal government open until mid-March. Related article Here’s what’s in and out of the government funding agreement The bill will fund the government through March 14, 2025, and includes roughly $100 billion in disaster relief, as wel