Politics President-elect Donald Trump speaks at a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, on December 16, 2024. House passes spending bill to avert shutdown Emergency services respond to an incident at the Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, Friday December 20. Recap Attack on Christmas market in Germany Live Updates House passes spending bill to avert government shutdown By Michael Williams, Leinz Vales, Elise Hammond, Aditi Sangal and Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN Updated 11:34 PM EST, Fri December 20, 2024 Mike Johnson to Elon Musk: ‘You want to be Speaker?' 01:30 - Source: CNN What we're covering • Last-minute deal: The House has passed a stopgap funding bill just hours before a midnight deadline to avert a federal government shutdown. It now heads to the Senate for approval. • What’s in the deal: The latest plan would extend government funding into March and includes disaster relief and farming provisions, but does not include a suspension of the debt limit, which President-elect Donald Trump has been demanding that Republicans address. • How we got here: Lawmakers have been scrambling for a new deal after yesterday’s failure of a plan backed by Trump, who torpedoed a bipartisan deal earlier this week. Trump has said if there has to be a government shutdown, he wants it to occur while Joe Biden is president. All Catch Up analysis 57 Posts Sort By Latest 3 min ago Schumer announces senators have reached a deal to vote on stop gap spending before midnight deadline From CNN's Morgan Rimmer, Kit Maher and Ted Barrett Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer speaks with reporters at the Capitol on Friday night. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer speaks with reporters at the Capitol on Friday night. Kent Nishimura/Getty Images Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Friday night that senators have reached an agreement to vote on the stop gap funding bill before midnight. If passed as it is expected to, Congress will prevent a shutdown of the federal government. “I have very good news for my colleagues and the country. Democrats and Republicans have reached, just reached an agreement that will allow us to pass the CR tonight, before the midnight deadline,” Schumer said on the Senate floor. Exiting the floor, the New York Democrat said: “It’s looking good.” “We’re feeling very good. Good bipartisan compromise, no shutdown, no debt ceiling and a lot of money for people in need, because of — you know, because of disasters,” Schumer said.