(AURN News) — A clean spending bill failed to pass the House Thursday night following intervention from President-elect Donald Trump. The original funding bill was 1,500 pages long and, after Trump’s involvement in cutting waste, is down to 116 pages.
“This is Washington. This is how the lawmaking is done. It’s a long process,” Johnson said. “Sometimes it takes a while to reach consensus.”
Johnson also anticipates a major shift when it comes to government spending when he says Republicans will have greater control. “Republicans will have control of the White House and the Senate and the House, and we’ll be able to make the key decisions about funding for the 2025 fiscal year,” Johnson said.
The bill includes $100 billion for hurricane relief and $10 billion in emergency aid for struggling farmers and ranchers. Johnson attributed agricultural difficulties to “Bidenomics and inflation, the high cost of inputs and fertilizer and seed.”
A key provision in the new bill extends the debt ceiling to Jan. 30, 2027. Trump, weighing in on Truth Social, pushed for an even longer extension: “Congress must get rid of, or extend out to, perhaps, 2029, the ridiculous Debt Ceiling. Without this, we should never make a deal. Remember, the pressure is on whoever is President.”
The new proposal marks a departure from the initial spending bill, which had included a controversial congressional pay raise before Trump became involved in negotiations. The new bill also extended the debt limit to Jan. 20, 2027.
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