The House of Representatives voted on the “clean” continuing resolution (CR), known as the American Relief Act of 2024, sponsored by Republican Speaker Mike Johnson and approved by recent President Donald Trump earlier on Thursday, and the spending bill failed.
We previously received notification of the vote’s completion and planned next steps via PunchbowlNews.com senior congressional reporter Melanie Zanona:
At the time: The House will vote on CR under suspension (2/3 required for passage) at 6 p.m.
If it fails, as is expected, it will be referred to the Rules Committee later that evening. This will be the first hurdle.
If they can satisfy the rule, the speaker will attempt to pass the CR via a rule tmrw. This will be a…
— Melanie Zanona (@MZanona) December 19, 2024
The post reads:
At the time: The House will vote on CR under suspension (2/3 required for passage) at 6 p.m.
If it fails, as is expected, it will be referred to the Rules Committee later that evening. This will be the first hurdle.
If they can satisfy the rule, the speaker will attempt to pass the CR via a rule tmrw. This will be a close vote.
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Then official voting began around 6:32 p.m. EST
The House of Representatives is now voting on a revised interim spending bill
– Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) December 19, 2024
Here’s how House Democratic Leader Katherine Clark described the recent bill earlier in the day:
The @HouseGOP has plunged the country into chaos.
They will do anything to cut Social Security checks and give tax breaks to their billionaire friends. pic.twitter.com/l7bGjCTonG
— Katherine Clark (@WhipKClark) December 19, 2024
Speaker Mike Johnson commented on the process to the media as voting on the bill continued:
.@SpeakerJohnson to CR: “This is Washington. This is how legislation is done…The only change in this legislation is that we will move the debt limit to January 30, 2027.” pic.twitter.com/x5FKmAhZWx
– CSPAN (@cspan) December 19, 2024
Johnson said, among other things:
We’ll do the right thing tonight.
The American Relief Act of 2024 will provide us with transient funding to get us into the first half of next year.
…
We will be able to make the key decisions regarding financing for the 2025 financial year. The [CR] will enable us to do this. Additionally, we will care for Americans who have suffered real, devastating emergencies and disasters.
Read on the topic: BREAKING: House of Representatives proposes “Plan B” for further solution. Here’s what’s inside.
Now the vote is over, accordingly Chad Pergram of Fox News, as the bill failed to reach a straightforward majority, 174-234:
New GOP spending bill fails. The bill did not even receive a straightforward majority and required 2/3. The vote resulted in 174 yes votes to 234 no votes. 38 GOPers voted against Trump’s recent plan
Here are the Republicans who voted no:
Republicans who voted no on recent GOP spending bill: Bean (FL)
Biggs
Breechen
Burchett
Burlison
Cammack
Cloud
Clyde
crane
Curtis
Duncan
Fulcher
Good (VA)
Gosar
Harris
hunting
Lamborn
Lesko
Lopez
Luttrell
club
Massie
McCormick
mills
Mooney
Moore (UT)
Moran
Norman…
– Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) December 20, 2024
Bean (FL)
Biggs
Breechen
Burchett
Burlison
Cammack
Cloud
Clyde
crane
Curtis
Duncan
Fulcher
Good (VA)
Gosar
Harris
hunting
Lamborn
Lesko
Lopez
Luttrell
club
Massie
McCormick
mills
Mooney
Moore (UT)
Moran
Norman
Money
Perry
Posey
Rosedale
Roy
Schweikert
Himself
Spartz
Tiffany
Van Duyne
And two Democrats crossed the aisle:
2 Yes: Gluesenkamp Perez & Castor. 1 On the “present”: Kaptur
Zanona reported what happens next:
WHERE WE ARE.
Johnson’s recent CR, endorsed by Trump, simply burst into flames on the floor.
The leadership won’t bother putting it through rules. You have to come up with a plan C.
The government will be shut down in 29 hours.
— Melanie Zanona (@MZanona) December 20, 2024
The vote came after the originally promised spending deal was scrapped with Democrats voting overdue Wednesday. As this is a breaking news story, RedState will provide updates as they become available.
