Mike Johnson Hands Donald Trump a ‘Big Mess’ After Debt Ceiling BetrayalElizabeth Weibel 21 Dec 2024
President-elect Donald Trump will face a “big mess” once his term as president starts in the aftermath of a spending bill passed to avoid a government shutdown.
Under the spending bill, which was passed in the Senate on Saturday, the government will remain open until March 14, 2025, according to NBC News. The bill’s passage in the Senate comes after the House passed the spending bill on Friday night.
NBC noted that in addition to the incoming Trump administration needing to address “another government funding deadline and a debt limit,” Trump’s cabinet picks need to be confirmed “through the Senate,” among other things.
Breitbart News’s Bradley Jaye reported that Friday the House had extended “spending levels and policy priorities negotiated” earlier this year with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and President Joe Biden:
The House once again punted their obligation to fund the government through the remainder of the fiscal year, this time until March 14, 2025, extending spending levels and policy priorities negotiated in February and March 2024 with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and President Joe Biden.
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