Republican negotiators in the House of Representatives reached a preliminary agreement late Friday to avoid a partial government shutdown, sources told Fox News Digital.
Two people familiar with the discussions told Fox News Digital that the deal would include a short-term extension of this year’s federal funding levels, disaster relief funding and agricultural aid for farmers — but under three separate bills.
It would also include an agreement to take action on the debt limit next year, as part of Republicans’ planned massive conservative policy overhaul through a process called reconciliation.
The new strategy comes after President-elect Trump and his allies torpedoed congressional lawmakers’ initial plans to avoid a partial shutdown before the holidays.
Speaker Mike Johnson is expected to present a new government funding plan (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)
Trump had called on Republicans to take action on the debt limit as part of their talks to avoid a government shutdown, a demand that has been opposed by dozens of conservative Republican lawmakers given their concerns about the national debt – which has reached $36 trillion. has exceeded.
A plan by House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., to follow Trump’s directives went up in flames Thursday evening after 38 Republicans voted with all but two Democrats to kill that bill.
And Trump, along with Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk, led opposition to congressional leaders’ original bipartisan deal, even threatening to force lawmakers who supported it out of office.
