House Republicans agreed Thursday on a revamped stopgap bill to avert a government shutdown by the end of the week after the previous continuing resolution (CR) packed with a bunch of add-ons quickly collapsed in the face of opposition from many congressional Republicans, President-elect Donald Trump, and Elon Musk.
Top-line takeaways from the new deal include a three-month CR, two-year suspension of the debt ceiling until January 2027, a “clean” farm bill package, $110 billion disaster package, clean health extenders without pharmacy benefit manager reform, PAYGO Scorecard wiped to zero, and no E15 provisions in a blow to the ethanol industry, according to multiple reports.
1,547 pages
116 pages overnight.
Trump’s @DOGE team in action. pic.twitter.com/sAxa5y74Qb
— Congressman Dan Meuser (@RepMeuser) December 19, 2024
On Truth Social, Trump celebrated the legislation —…
