Thursday, July 23, 2026

Reside protection: Home voting on new effort to forestall shutdown

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The Home is poised to vote on a measure to maintain the federal government funded previous Friday evening’s midnight shutdown deadline.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) stated Friday afternoon that the Home would vote on a modified model of the invoice that was defeated Thursday — minus the debt ceiling provision pushed by President-elect Trump.

Democrats and some dozen Republicans on Thursday rejected the invoice that paired a three-month authorities funding extension, $110 billion in catastrophe and farm help and different measures with a two-year extension of the debt restrict.

Senate Republicans have been left fuming over what they referred to as the dysfunctional “s‑‑‑ show” and “fiasco” they witnessed within the Home, as two proposals to fund the federal government by Christmas failed this week.

“I guess it’s back to the drawing board,” incoming Senate Majority Chief John Thune (R-S.D.) instructed The Hill as he exited the Capitol.

These 38 Republicans voted towards the Trump-backed spending invoice

We’ll be monitoring developments right here all day.

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