"The House voted 235-174 against the bill, with 38 Republicans crossing the aisle and voting "no" alongside Democrats.

The new measure sought to maintain government funding until March 14 and suspend the debt ceiling for two years"a measure Trump demanded to be included in the bill.

Trump, who opposed the previous funding bill disputed by Congress early this week over the lack of a debt ceiling measure, lauded the new agreement in a Truth Social post, urging Republicans and Democrats to vote for the bill."

Awww, poor Orange Lewzer!

Democrats emerged from a closed-door meeting Thursday uniformly opposed to the bill and furious at Republicans for going back on the initial deal.

"To come back with this proposal which demolishes loads of significant things that were in the agreement, is an affront and an insult especially because they didn't even consult our leadership," said Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.).

The revised bill was also insufficient for some conservative deficit hawks, with Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) among the bill's opponents."

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When Deficit Hawks are a dying breed in your Party. And your Party Leader is criminal traitor.

- Why don't Democrats want to help Hurricane victims?

Puling Lumper.

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"Donald Trump suffered a humiliating setback on Thursday when Republicans in Congress failed to pass a pared-down spending bill " just one day before a potential government shutdown that could disrupt Christmas travel.

By a vote of 174-235, the House of Representatives rejected the Trump-backed package, hastily assembled by Republican leaders after the president-elect and his billionaire ally Elon Musk scuttled a prior bipartisan deal.

Critics described the breakdown as an early glimpse of the chaos to come when Trump returns to the White House on 20 January. Musk's intervention via a volley of tweets on his social media platform X was mocked by Democrats as the work of "President Musk".

"The Musk-Johnson proposal is not serious," Hakeem Jeffries, the House Democratic leader, told reporters. "It's laughable. Extreme Maga Republicans are driving us to a government shutdown."

There's actual video of Donald and Leon trying to get Mickey Johnson to like their Budget Plan:

Mikey "Baldrick" Johnson says this morning that he has a cunning new Budget Plan.