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According to a New York Post report, House Democrats, with the help of GOP hardliners, tanked a Trump-backed bill to avoid a government shutdown Thursday night.

House GOP members failed to get the bill across the finish line in a 174 to 235 vote after a near-solid bloc of Democrats and 38 Republicans voted against it.

From The New York Post:

The new funding deal would’ve kept the government’s lights on for three months, re-upped farm aid, added a two-year suspension of the debt limit until Jan. 30, 2027, and replenished $110 billion in disaster relief, while cutting out other aspects of a prior deal that went up in flames on Wednesday, according to the 116-page bill’s text.

“All Republicans, and even the Democrats, should do what is best for our Country, and vote ‘YES’ for this Bill, TONIGHT!” Trump shared on TRUTH Social.

Democrats wasted little time mobilizing against the spending patch. During a subsequent emergency caucus gathering, chants of “Hell no” were heard from members huddled in the meeting room.

None of them appeared to have specific grievances against the content of the bill which was a watered-down version of what they previously backed. Instead, they were perturbed by what was left out and alienated that Republicans reneged on the prior deal at the 11th hour.

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The new deal had cut out numerous provisions in the prior one, including a pay hike for members of Congress, up to $2 billion in funding for the Francis Scott Key Bridge, reforms aimed at cracking down on pharmaceutical benefit managers, the renovation and relinquishment of Robert F. Kennedy Stadium to city officials in Washington, DC and more.

Additionally, the American Relief Act opted to forgo a congressional pay bump and a one-year extension of the State Department’s Global Engagement Center, which funded an advertisers’ “blacklist” of The Post and other outlets to purportedly crack down on “misinformation.”

The American Relief Act kept some extraneous provisions such as $25.5 million for salaries and resources to protect the residences of Supreme Court justices.

Democrats, including Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, are blaming DOGE head and Trump advisor Elon Musk for tanking the bill.

“The Musk-Johnson proposal is not serious. It’s laughable. Extreme MAGA Republicans are driving us to a government shutdown,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) told reporters ahead of the vote.

Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD) similarly blasted “President Musk” for interfering in bipartisan efforts to pass the original funding bill.

“They threw out all the provisions that helped working men and women, sick children, farmers, and so many other people who were relying on this to be able to make it in America,” Hoyer said.

“There was no discussion. This was a take it or leave it [situation]. You know the 72-hour rule, this is the 72-second rule. They just posted [the bill],” he told The Post when asked whether there was communication from Republicans during the drafting of the plan B deal.

If Congress fails to pass a bill, the government will enter a partial shutdown after midnight on Friday.

This story is developing…

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