5:39 PM EST
Vote for new bill underway
The House has begun voting on a funding bill that would prevent a government shutdown. The vote needs a two-thirds majority to pass.
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Government shutdown live updates: Focus turns to Senate after House OKs spending bill
The deal does not include a provision to raise the debt limit.
Last Updated: December 20, 2024, 5:46 PM EST
With a government shutdown narrowly avoided Friday night, the House passed a funding bill which is awaiting Senate approval and President Joe Biden's signature.
An initial bipartisan deal was tanked earlier this week by President-elect Donald Trump and his ally, Elon Musk. Then on Thursday night, the House failed to pass a revamped plan that included Trump's explosive demand that the debt limit be extended.
Under the House proposal, the 118-page bill contains most of the provisions that were put in place in the bipartisan bill that was agreed to on Wednesday. The bill includes $100 billion for disaster aid, $30 billion for farmers and a one-year extension of the farm bill, provisions that were under heavy debate prior to this week's votes.
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5:25 PM EST
House Appropriations Dem raises concerns about Musk's China connections
Rep. Rosa DeLauro, the top Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, sent a letter to congressional leaders questioning whether Elon Musk helped tank the first bipartisan government funding bill due to language it included about restricting U.S. investments in China.
"It is particularly disturbing that Musk may have sought to upend this critical negotiated agreement to remove a bipartisan provision regulating U.S. investments in China in order to protect his wallet and the Chinese Communist Party at the expense of American workers, innovators, and businesses," DeLauro wrote in the letter Friday.
DeLauro also explained how an outbound investment provision would have kept new technologies in the United States and prevented wealthy investors from offshoring production and U.S. intellectual property to China.
Nearly a quarter of Tesla’s global revenue in 2023 drew from sales of Chinese-made vehicles from the Shanghai factory, she said.
"I urge congressional leadership to return to the deal and include this critical provision that ensures U.S. capabilities and capital do not fuel that of the Chinese Community Party," she said.
4:58 PM EST
What's included in the new bill
The new legislation is a short-term extension that funds government through March 14, 2025.
It does not address the debt limit in the legislative text, which was a key demand from President-elect Donald Trump.
It also includes $100 billion for disaster aid; $30 billion for farmers; and a one-year extension of the farm bill.
-ABC News' John Parkinson and Lauren Peller
4:39 PM EST
New bill to avert shutdown released, plans for vote soon
A new, 118-page bill has been released to fund the government and avert a shutdown after a day of closed-door talks and negotiations among House Republicans.
There are plans to begin debate on the text soon and vote within the next hour.
The bill is being brought to the floor under suspension of the rules and will require a two-thirds majority for passage.
