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Government shutdown live updates: Senate approves short-term government funding bill
The deal does not include a provision to raise the debt limit.
With a government shutdown narrowly avoided late Friday into Saturday morning, the House and Senate sent a funding bill to President Joe Biden's desk.
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 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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Jeffries reacts to failed Republican bill
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries posted a statement on Bluesky following the failed vote which he labeled "The Musk-Johnson government shutdown bill."
"MAGA extremists in the House GOP are not serious about helping working-class Americans. They are simply doing the bidding of their wealthy donors and puppeteers. Unacceptable," he wrote.
Latest Republican funding bill fails
The latest Republican plan to avert a government shutdown has failed to reach the two-thirds majority to pass, with a 174-235-1 vote.
There were 38 votes against the bill from House Republicans, including Chip Roy, Bob Good, Matt Rosendale, Andy Ogles, Eli Crane, Andy Harris, Andy Biggs, Nancy Mace and Ralph Norman.
Democratic Reps. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez of Washington and Kathy Castor of Florida voted in favor of the bill.
Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur of Ohio voted present.
House voting now on new spending bill
The debate on the latest Republican spending bill has ended and voting has begun.
'Giveaway for billionaires': White House slams Republican funding plan
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre slammed the new Republican funding plan in a statement Thursday evening.
"Republicans are doing the bidding of their billionaire benefactors at the expense of hardworking Americans," she said. "Republicans are breaking their word to support a bipartisan agreement that would lower prescription drug costs and make it harder to offshore jobs to China — and instead putting forward a bill that paves the way for tax breaks for billionaires while cutting critical programs working families count on, from Social Security to Head Start."
"President Biden supports the bipartisan agreement to keep the government open, help communities recovering from disasters, and lower costs — not this giveaway for billionaires that Republicans are proposing at the 11th hour," Jean-Pierre added.
-ABC News' Molly Nagle