USA News LIVE: Government Shutdown Looms After Trump-Backed Bill Fails To Get Enough Votes | N18G

USA News LIVE: Government Shutdown Looms After Trump-Backed Bill Fails To Get Enough Votes | USA Today | CNBC TV18
President-elect Donald Trump called on his Republican party to back a new spending bill that would avert a government shutdown. But 38 Republicans in the House of Representatives, along with nearly the entire Democratic Party contingent, voted against it. It leaves the government in limbo with only one more full day to hash out a new bill. If they don't, a government shutdown would start the weekend before Christmas.
House Speaker Mike Johnson, the chamber's top Republican, has a long night ahead of him - he needs to come up with a Plan C after both Plan A and Plan B failed.
A deal to keep government services from shutting down failed to pass in the US House of Representatives
The latest deal failed with 174 in support and 235 against, with the help of 38 nay votes by Republican lawmakers
The bill was the second Republican proposal, after Donald Trump and Elon Musk called for the first bill to be scrapped on Wednesday It casts doubts on Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson's position - he has been attacked by members of his own party for endorsing both failed spending packages.
There is now major uncertainty, with less than 48 hours until the deadline to avert a government shutdown
With no deal, government services ranging from the Border Patrol to the National Park Service will shut down
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