The House of Representatives has voted against the American Relief Act of 2024, which Trump endorsed earlier, saying it will “keep the Government open, fund our Great Farmers and others, and provide relief for those severely impacted by the devastating hurricanes.”
The final vote was 174 to 235.
The government funding deadline is Friday at 11:59 pm. It is unclear whether or not the government will shut down.
The bill came to the floor after a disastrous 1,547-page continuing resolution was rejected by the MAGA base, and House Speaker Mike Johnson was called out for negotiating an America Last funding bill.
A vote for the previous bill to fund the government until March was expected on Wednesday but postponed after conservatives came out in staunch opposition. As The Gateway Pundit reported, President Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance also slammed Congress ahead of the vote, stating that the bill accomplishes “nothing for the American people” and called for a new “temporary funding bill WITHOUT DEMOCRAT GIVEAWAYS.”
The Gateway Pundit reported on Wednesday that Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) heads Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy came out in opposition to the previous 1,547-page bill, with Musk highlighting several issues that waste taxpayer dollars. “This bill should not pass,“ said Musk, who further noted massive pay raises for members of Congress as well as upgrades in lawmakers’ health insurance plans.
Additionally, the bill contained a section essentially mandating a court to “quash or modify any legal process directed to the provider for a House office if compliance…would require the disclosure of House data of the House office.” This would essentially give the House office exclusive jurisdiction over their records, The Gateway Pundit reported.
Earlier on Thursday, President Trump described the new government funding bill as “VITAL to the America First Agenda” and called on all Republicans to vote in favor.
38 Republicans voted in opposition to President Trump’s agenda.
The Gateway Pundit reported that President Trump called out Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) on Thursday for obstructing the new funding bill and called for him to be primaried.
“The very unpopular ‘Congressman’ from Texas, Chip Roy, is getting in the way, as usual, of having yet another Great Republican Victory – All for the sake of some cheap publicity for himself. Republican obstructionists have to be done away with,” Trump said.
Chip Roy gave a speech on the House Floor Thursday night opposing his Republican colleagues.
Purple-haired Democrat Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro asked for Chip Roy to be recognized during the debate so he could rail against Republicans.
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