Barely: The GOP House brings the Government’s Proposal of the Financing Act without the help of Democrats

This week we learned something on Capitol Hill.
House Republicans can adopt an account for government financing Democratic assistance.
Barely. 217-213.
Republicans could only lose one voice. And that’s all they lost: Rev. Thomas Massie, R-Kky.
The GOP Law was even picked up by a democratic yea: tail. Jared Golden, D-MAINE.
The adoption of the Government Financing Act was not always the case for Home Gop. Republicans held most of the house for over two years. Most GOP has consistently leaned against Democrats – who served in the minority – for many voices to make the government open and raise the upper border of the debt. But that changed late on Tuesday afternoon because the Republicans House approved their own account to keep the lights.
But before voting, Mike Johnson’s house speakerR-L., Trained Democrats for opposing a temporary consumption pack, known as “continuous resolution” or “CH”.
“If the Congress Democrats refuse to support this pure CR, they will be responsible for each unit that misses the salary. For each flight delay from the reduced staff in TSA. For any negative consequences that comes from the exclusion of the Government,” Johnson said.
It was unclear whether Johnson could adopt an account with only Republicans. Especially as the speaker raised Democrats to promise to vote Nay.
“You are constantly criticizing the Democrats,” he really told the speaker. “Doesn’t that mean you don’t have voices on your side? Because you shouldn’t have democratic assistance to keep the government?”
Mike Johnson’s home speaker, R-L., Talk to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, January 7, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)
“No. We’ll have voices,” Johnson replied. “We will go through CR and we can do it ourselves.”
A few hours later, the speaker headed well for his promise.
But he had help.
Vice President Jd vance came to the capitol to alleviate fears from skeptical Republicans on Tuesday morning. But Vance didn’t completely close the job.
“I have seen some views there that have not left me to feel good about ensuring the votes of those who may ask questions,” said envoy Mark Alford, R-Mo, after a Republican conclave with Vance.
Tail. Kat Cammack, R-Fla, and others said they needed more beliefs about future consumption reduction. Ambassador Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., He said he would “pray” about how to vote on the proposal of the law. But going to the meeting, Burchett admitted that he had not yet experienced any political intercession.
“I am embarrassed to give Pentagon more money, although overall, we cut,” Burchett said.
By the afternoon, Burchett told me he was “closer”, but still not there.
And when the house voted, she adopted the bill.
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But what made a difference when it comes to persuading Skittish Republicans to vote yes?
Tail. Eric Burlison, R-m., He told Fox that he was “barely” for CR.
“What is” barely “part?” I asked.
“It’s hard Donald Trump. He is a difference. I would never support this language. But I believe Donald Trump, “Burlison said.” He didn’t let me down. I think the man is his word. And so I trust him when he is when he says he will do it. “
But it was only half of the battle. The proposal of the law earned the support of everyone except one Republican Senate. But it takes 60 votes to break the filibuster. Republicans have only 53 members of the GOP. This would mean the help of Democrats.
Senator Rand Paul, R-Ky., He said he opposed the law proposal because he did not reduce consumption. Paul said he had not received any return from the President or colleagues of Republicans in his position.
USA Capitol -Au Washington, DC, Monday, November 11, 2024. (Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
“People know somehow where I am. I am pretty consistent with the opposite and opponent’s consumption,” Paul said.
Contrary to the silence that Paul heard that President Trump unloaded his colleague from Bluegrass, Thomas Massie. Mr. Trump claimed that Massie should face the primary for his defeat.
Senator John Fetterman, D-Penn., Is the only Democrat on a record support of the Staning Law on Stopping.
So, it’s about mathematics.
With only 52 Republicans prepared for filibuster cracking, this means that the Senate needs eight Democrats to vote yes. This includes a fetterman. Keep in mind that they don’t have to vote in the account. Just to overcome the Filibuster. Republicans can forward the account on their own.
This is left by Democrats as badly torn as any party lately.
On the one hand, Democrats do not want to close the government. They are afraid that this will endanger the already lean federal workers. And that could lead to additional cuts from Elon Male and Doge if federal workers are not at work.
On the other hand, they want to see each other as if they were fighting for their base and gathering against President Trump and Male.
But it is often the darkest before dawn.
Democrats must either go to the rug or try to save something before 11:59:59 pm, a deadline for financing the Government on Friday.
There are warlings that Democrats can seek votes on the universe of amendments – none of which have passed. But at least Democrats could save their face – saying to their loyalists that they fought for their values and tried to oppose the president and the musk. They could also make the case that it was worse than keeping the government open.
Fox has said that the senators will be interested in votes about the following subjects:
- Renewal of financing for Washington, DC
- Doge -ai/or administration effort to “install” money that Congress has already applied
- Democratic one -month account to stop spending
Fetterman seemed to be the only Democrat who is willing to vote for a temporary proposal for the GOP Law, but on Thursday, Chuck Schumer’s minority leader (Dn.y.) announced that he would vote for it. And that’s possible that voting about a set of amendments could Unlock a few democratic votes to break the Philibuster at the proposal of the law.
But tensions are now increasing.
Journalists who set up a meeting of Democrats of the Senate talking about the exclusion that heard who they believe that Senator Kirstin Gillibrand, Dn.y., screaming at their colleagues through the thick walls of the capitol.
Multiple Senatic Democrats were extremely quiet because they left a long -lasting democratic MP in Senate. None of the Senator to whom Fox approached was willing to talk – although some in other circumstances are quite cunning. In fact, Fox even asked a few democrats if they told them they didn’t say anything. Several answered “No Comment”.
Senator John Fetterman, D-Pa, talks to reporters at the Russell building after a vote in Senate on Wednesday, February 19, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Quietly on Capitol Hill often means that there is something worse and that legislators are trying to conclude a very fragile contract. This also means that legislators shoot.
There was a truly fear among the democrats that the Government’s shutdown could permanently threaten the federal government and perhaps initiate additional release of thousands of federal workers.
Here’s another problem: if the government is closed, no one is quite sure that it could be reopening. It’s about mathematics. And the budget in these circumstances simply failed to succeed in the House and Senate to eventually pass the same proposal for the law and reope the government. That calculation seems to have just not functioned.
Because of this, Schumer made the decision to support an account for the band consumption-any risky.
Schumer and Trump. (AP/Getty Images)
Because of this, more Senate of Democrats refused to comment on what Schumer told them at a meeting for a couch from closed doors. Because of this, the plattaining tempera and the Senator Kirstin Gillibrand (Dn.y.) heard shouting through the thick walls of the Senate.
But it is not without the danger of Schumer.
Six other Democrats (for a total of eight) should be convinced to support the prevailing of the Philibuster.
There are 53 Senate of Republicans. 60 votes are required to prevent the Philibuster.
Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) Is no. So the deficit is eight. Schumer and Senator John Fetterman (D-Penn.) Are the first two Democrats who said they were ready to vote for overcoming a filibuster. So Schumer needs six more.
If he can’t find these voices, the government will close. And Schumer will commit a huge tactical mistake.
As he says, the leader without a follower is just a man on a walk.
The former speaker of the John Boehner house, R-Ohio, said that “nothing good” never happened when Congress was at a session of more than three consecutive weeks.
Members are angry. Antsy. The tempera is short.
The leader of most of the John Thune Senate Senate, Rs.d., noted that the Senate met ten consecutive weeks.
“Senators have been seen a lot lately. In fact, too much,” Thune said.
These include three all -night sessions and weekend sessions. It is a period of longest breakdown of consecutive weeks for Senate activity in 15 years.
The Senate should be the first time this year. Government exclusion of garbage recess. The senators barely saw their family members. It was a frenetic tempo.
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Because of this, the most powerful people in Washington could have the ultimate word about the financing of the Government: Senate spouses.
And if the Senate is aligned with the home, it will prevent it from closing the Government.
But barely.