{"id":2382259,"date":"2024-12-20T10:47:01","date_gmt":"2024-12-20T15:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-dead-again-johnsons-2nd-funding-bill-bites-dust-americans-may-still-get-govt-shutdown-for-christmas\/"},"modified":"2024-12-20T10:49:00","modified_gmt":"2024-12-20T15:49:00","slug":"its-dead-again-johnsons-2nd-funding-bill-bites-dust-americans-may-still-get-govt-shutdown-for-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-dead-again-johnsons-2nd-funding-bill-bites-dust-americans-may-still-get-govt-shutdown-for-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s Dead (Again): Johnson&#8217;s 2nd Funding Bill Bites Dust &#8211; Americans May Still Get Gov&#8217;t Shutdown for Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fits-dead-again-johnsons-2nd-funding-bill-bites-dust-americans-may-still-get-govt-shutdown-for-christmas%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2382259&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>On \u200dThursday, the House of \u200bRepresentatives faced important \u2062discontent as a second attempt\u200d to prevent a government shutdown failed. A bill aimed at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-looks-to-house-plan-after-abandoning-border-security-amendment\/\" title=\"Senate adopts House plan after dropping border security amendment.\">maintaining government operations<\/a> and suspending the\u200b debt ceiling for two years was rejected by a vote of 174-235, with nearly all Democrats opposing \u200cit and 38 Republicans \u200djoining them.\u2064 House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries criticized the proposal, dubbing it the &#8220;Musk-Johnson&#8221; plan, as\u200c Elon Musk had reportedly influenced the opposition against a prior, larger spending \u2062bill. Musk retorted that Democrats\u2064 bore responsibility for the \u200dshutdown after voting \u200bagainst \u200bthe bill.<\/p>\n<p>With no\u2063 approved new\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-mcconnell-democrats-are-jamming-us-with-covid-19-relief\/\" title=\"Sen. McConnell: Democrats are jamming us with COVID-19 relief\">spending plan<\/a>, parts of the government are \u200bset\u200b to \u2063shut down by midnight Friday.\u200b House Speaker Mike \u2063Johnson announced\u200d plans for a new proposal but did\u200c not provide details. Meanwhile, Donald Trump supported the rejected bill, suggesting \u200cthat \u200dif \u200ba \u2062shutdown occurs, it should happen under President Biden&#8217;s\u2063 governance. Political discourse has shifted, with\u2063 Musk seen as a key influencer in\u2063 negotiations, while President\u200d Biden&#8217;s involvement \u2064has been \u2063minimal,\u200d raising concerns among Democratic representatives regarding his absence. A\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">potential\u2064 temporary \u2063solution<\/a> is expected soon, as Republican leaders plan\u2063 further votes.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Disaffection ruled in the House Thursday as the second attempt to stave off a government shutdown failed to pass.<\/p>\n<p>A day after a massive stopgap funding package was rejected after triggering an outpouring of anger from conservatives, the House overwhelmingly rejected a narrower bill to keep the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/vivek-rewrites-1500-page-pork-filled-budget-bill-using-just-75-words-dems-rinos-will-despise\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">government running<\/a> and suspend the debt ceiling for two years, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2024\/dec\/19\/house-rejects-mike-johnson-back-government-funding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Washington Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The bill was defeated 174-235. Virtually all House Democrats opposed the plan; 38 Republicans sided with them.<\/p>\n<p>Mocking the role <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/democrats-musk-derangement-syndrome-hits-new-level-massive-spending-bill-crashes-burns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elon Musk<\/a> had in whipping up opposition to a bigger <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congress-passes-massive-covid-relief-omnibus-bill-sending-billions-of-dollars-to-foreign-countries-measure-heads-to-president-trumps-desk\/\" title=\"Congress Passes Massive Covid Relief\/Omnibus Bill Sending Billions of Dollars to Foreign Countries \u2013 Measure Heads to President Trump\u2019s Desk\">spending bill<\/a> Democrats wanted, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries called the defeated bill the &ldquo;Musk-Johnson&rdquo; proposal and said Republicans were under the thumb of &ldquo;one or two puppet masters,&rdquo; according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/2024\/12\/20\/government-shutdown-bill-continuing-resolution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Washington Post.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Musk returned the favor <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1869901448101904631\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;A super fair &amp; simple bill was put to a vote and only 2 Democrats in Congress were in favor. Therefore, responsibility for the shutdown rests squarely on the shoulders of @RepJeffries,&rdquo; Musk wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">First of all, I&rsquo;m not the author of this proposal. Credit to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump?\">@realDonaldTrump<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JDVance?\">@JDVance<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeakerJohnson?\">@SpeakerJohnson<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Second, this is a MUCH better bill that is closer to being a real continuing resolution (not an omnibus masquerading as a CR), but with support for hurricane victims &amp;&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AJTI6BTFdr\">https:\/\/t.co\/AJTI6BTFdr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1869874908898967589?\">December 19, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Without a new bill to approve new spending, chunks of the government that are deemed non-essential will shut down as of midnight Friday.<\/p>\n<p>House Speaker Mike Johnson said Thursday night that he would have another plan developed for a vote on Friday, the Post wrote, but offered no specifics.<\/p>\n<p>Presdient-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-posts-cryptic-one-sentence-message-meeting-jeff-bezos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a>, who supported the bill the House rejected on Thursday, said if a shutdown is to come, now is the time.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If there is going to be a shutdown of government, let it begin now, under the Biden Administration, not after January 20th, under &lsquo;TRUMP.&rsquo; This is a Biden problem to solve, but if Republicans can help solve it, they will!&rdquo; he posted on <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/113685244784643200\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A report by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/live-news\/trump-backed-spending-bill-voted-down-house-with-government-shutdown-looming\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a> indicated that what it called a &ldquo;temporary fix&rdquo; was in the works that would avert a shutdown, but do little more.<\/p>\n<p>Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida said a vote could come Friday morning.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re expecting votes this morning,&rdquo; Johnson said.<\/p>\n<p>Trump is an active player in the process of getting votes to pass the bill, Fox said it was told by sources it did not name.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, President Joe Biden has largely been absent from discussions over the spending bill, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/12\/19\/biden-democrats-shutdown-trump-musk-00195448\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Politico<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Biden has remained conspicuously absent outside a brief statement issued by his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sarah-huckabee-sanders-criticizes-jill-and-joe-biden-at-rnc-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Sarah Huckabee Sanders criticizes Jill and Joe Biden at RNC - Washington Examiner\">press secretary &#038;mdash<\/a>; and for now, Democrats said there was little clamor for him to return,&rdquo; Politico wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I haven&rsquo;t gotten any message from President Biden, or heard of anything that he&rsquo;s saying,&rdquo; Democratic Rep. Mark Takano of California said. &ldquo;Elon&rsquo;s the shot-caller, it&rsquo;s pretty clear to me.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Following the rejection of a large stopgap funding measure that sparked significant backlash from conservatives, the House decisively turned down a more limited bill aimed at maintaining government operations and suspending the debt ceiling for two years, according to the Washington Times. The vote ended with 174 against and 235 in favor. Nearly all House Democrats opposed this proposal, with 38 Republicans joining them. Criticizing Elon Musk&#8217;s influence in rallying opposition to a larger spending bill favored by Democrats, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries labeled the failed legislation as the \u201cMusk-Johnson\u201d plan and claimed Republicans were controlled by \u201cone or two puppet masters,\u201d as reported by The Washington Post. Musk responded on X, stating that only two Democrats supported what he called a &#8220;super fair &amp; simple bill,&#8221; placing responsibility for any potential shutdown on Rep. Jeffries.<\/p>\n<p>He clarified that he was not behind this proposal but credited others like Trump and Speaker Johnson for it, asserting it was an improved version closer to being an actual continuing resolution rather than an omnibus disguised as one.<\/p>\n<p>Without new spending approval, non-essential parts of the government will begin shutting down at midnight Friday. House Speaker Mike Johnson announced plans for another vote on Friday but did not provide details. President-elect Donald Trump expressed support for Thursday&#8217;s rejected bill and suggested if there is going to be a shutdown, it should happen now under Biden\u2019s administration rather than after January 20th when he would take office.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News reported that discussions were underway regarding what they termed a &#8220;temporary fix&#8221; to avoid shutdown while doing little else; Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna indicated votes might occur Friday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson mentioned they anticipated votes soon while sources indicated Trump was actively involved in securing support for passing legislation. In contrast, President Joe Biden has been largely absent from negotiations over funding issues; Politico noted his lack of engagement beyond brief statements from his press secretary and mentioned little demand from Democrats for his involvement during this crisis<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2382260,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/mike-j.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[47167,5045,5123],"class_list":["post-2382259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-funding-bill","tag-government","tag-shutdown"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/mike-j.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2382259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2382259"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2382259\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2382263,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2382259\/revisions\/2382263"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2382260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2382259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2382259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2382259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}