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UPDATE<\/strong> (Dec. 21, 2024, 12:46 p.m. ET):The White House announced Saturday morning that President Joe Biden had signed the funding bill.<\/em><\/p>\n

UPDATE<\/strong> (Dec. 21, 2024, 12:39 a.m. ET):By a 85-11 vote early Saturday morning, the Senate passed the bill funding the government through mid-March.<\/em><\/p>\n

The House voted Friday to pass a spending bill that will avoid a government shutdown<\/a>. The legislation passed 366-34, with one member voting present. It now goes to the Senate and, if approved, to President Joe Biden for his signature. <\/p>\n

The bill<\/a> keeps the government funded through mid-March. It also extends the farm bill<\/a>offers additional aid to farmers and provides disaster relief<\/a> to victims of hurricanes Helene and Milton.<\/p>\n

The vote concluded an unexpectedly chaotic funding process. Earlier this week, lawmakers unveiled a bipartisan spending deal that quickly received a torrent of criticism from the right. Most notably, billionaire Elon Musk blasted the bill on his X platform Wednesday, making or sharing multiple false claims <\/a>about its provisions. That afternoon, President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance announced their opposition to the bill<\/a>. Shortly after, House Speaker Mike Johnson and other GOP leaders abandoned the deal they had just negotiated. <\/p>\n

On Thursday, Johnson offered a slimmed-down bill that included the funding and the agriculture and disaster aid provisions, with the addition of a provision Trump had demanded: an extension of the debt ceiling through early 2027. Despite Trump’s backing, nearly 40 Republicans voted against the new bill<\/a>leaving Johnson no choice but to strip out the debt ceiling provision — a clear defeat for Trump. With House Republicans’ majority even smaller in the next Congress<\/a>the chaos Capitol Hill saw this week is unlikely to abate in the new year. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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James Down<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

James Downie is a writer and editor for BLN Daily. He was an editor and columnist for The Washington Post and has also written for The New Republic and Foreign Policy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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