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On the other side, and I negotiated in the appropriations area, is actually in this bill.
The yeas are 366. The nays, 34. One member voting present. Two-thirds being in the affirmative. The rules are suspended. The bill is passed, and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table.
So the government's going to be funded. Elon Musk and Donald Trump folded like a cheap napkin and Democrats held their ground. You heard it there. What ended up happening on this continuing resolution to stop a government shutdown The House passed a bill to avert the midnight shutdown. The bill passed 366 to 34. One person voted present. 170 Republicans voted yes. 196 Democrats voted yes.
34 Republicans voted no. Zero Democrats voted no. Once again, as Jake Sherman reports, Democrats saved Republicans. Another big point after Donald Trump has been saying that he would not support a continuing resolution to stop a government shutdown unless the debt ceiling was abolished or unless the debt ceiling was increased or unless an extension on the debt ceiling for several years was done.
That did not happen in this continuing resolution. In other words, what Donald Trump and Elon Musk were asking for, all of the theatrics, all of the drama, all of the wild behavior ended up being for naught. None of that happened. No debt ceiling was even addressed in this continuing resolution. After all of that,
House Republicans weren't at all moved by Trump's demands to lift the borrowing cap to add more debt, which increased the deficit. Trump effectively asked for one thing. He didn't get it. Now on to the Senate, which is expected to pass. this continuing resolution.
As Mr. Capra puts it, on Wednesday, here's the post, Trump threatens, I'm going to primary any Republican who votes for a clean, continuing resolution without a debt limit extension to keep the government funded. Let's get ready for a shutdown, Trump said. But then on Friday, moments ago, 170 Republicans voted for a clean continuing resolution without a debt limit extension.
The bill passed overwhelmingly defying Donald Trump. But in Donald Trump world, you got to take credit for things. You got to act like, oh, this was all part of the plan, exactly what I wanted. This is why Donald Trump is the biggest pushover ever. When it all comes down to it, he always folds like a cheap paper napkin from a fast food restaurant with filthy grease on it.
Sorry, I extended that one a little bit longer. MAGA Mike Johnson, here's what he goes. He goes, I was in contact with Trump through all of this. This is what we wanted. Y'all got bailed out by the Democrats because Democrats essentially got everything that they wanted. Here, play this clip.
So we, I was in constant contact with President Trump throughout this process. Spoke with him most recently, about 45 minutes ago. He knew exactly what we were doing and why. And this is a good outcome for the country. I think he certainly is happy about this outcome. come as well. And here's MAGA Mike Johnson saying, I was also in touch with Elon Musk. Here, watch this right here. Come as well.
Elon Musk and I talked to within about an hour ago, and we talked about the extraordinary challenges of this job. And I said, hey, you want to be Speaker of the House? I don't know. He said this may be the hardest job in the world. I think it is. But we're going to get through this.
We are going to unify this country and we are going to bring the America First agenda to the people beginning in January. We cannot wait to get started.
I hope you all have a great holiday.
By the way, the Democrats posted this AI image right here. This isn't real. In case you were wondering, this is an AI image. Just want to be very clear. This is what the Democrats, the official account opposed to they're enjoying trolling Donald Trump and Elon Musk. The White House says that President Biden supported this because Democrats got mostly what they wanted.
The Republicans removed a few things from it. I'll tell you what the Republicans removed from this continuing resolution to make themselves feel good about it. But Biden got what he wanted because Biden's actually playing chess while Trump is playing, I don't know, checkers with M&Ms or something. I don't know. This is what the White House says.
While it does not include everything we sought, it includes disaster relief. The president requested for the communities recovering from the storm eliminates the accelerated pathway to a tax cut for billionaires and would ensure that the government can continue to operate at full capacity. In other words, Democrats held their ground.
As Jeff Stein from The Washington Post reports, six bipartisan policies taken out of the spending bill after Musk torched it. So this is what Trump and Elon Musk removed from the original bill. Otherwise, it's virtually identical. Let's take a look. Provision aimed at ensuring food stamps are replenished for Americans whose benefits are stolen, possibly as many as 300,000 affected per the CBPP.
A series of changes to the operations of pharmacy benefit managers, middlemen in the medicine business that negotiate drug prices with pharmaceutical companies. For example, an attempt to end spread pricing where PBMs charge a health plan more for a drug than what they pay for the pharmacies that dispense it. Three, pay hikes for members of Congress, 4% or so increases.
Four, transferring control of the land in Washington, D.C., where RFK Stadium sits, to the district. No new funds here. The Ted Cruz-Klobuchar bill aimed at cracking down on revenge porn and deep fakes.
republicans took that out of this a bipartisan bill aimed at cracking down on revenge porn and deep fakes that's no longer in this great work republicans for getting rid of that i'm being sarcastic six new and expanded restrictions on u.s investments in china yes the bill is much shorter about 900 pages or so shorter
It funds the government and provides aid to farmers and natural disaster victims. It does not include the debt ceiling lift that Donald Trump said had to take place. Also, the pediatric cancer funding did not make it in this bill as well. They removed pediatric cancer funding. Ted Cruz using this as an opportunity to plug his podcast.
On my podcast verdict, I answer for you the questions and explain what the heck is going on. As our editor in chief, Ron Filipkowski, writes, naturally, Ted Cruz views this whole shit show as an opportunity to promote his podcast. And then on Fox. They are trying to spin this like Trump got what he wanted when quite literally the opposite took place.
Watch this guest on Fox go, yeah, this is what we want to do the whole time. Here, play this clip.
To quote Scooby, what? We didn't hear from the president?
I know you're surprised.
No, not surprised at all. Listen, this is showing how effective Doge is going to be because even just them tweeting about overspending and stuff, called everybody into panic. Nobody wants to be on the wrong side of this. So yeah, the Democrats fell in line. They kept the debt ceiling up. And I understand the whole purpose of the debt ceiling was not spend, spend, spend.
It's like, you're gonna have to spend money to make all the corrections from the overspending. That part the American people get.
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And finally, you had this MAGA Republican, Mark Alford, give this night before Christmas rhyme. Here, play this clip.
Mr. Speaker, t'was five days before Christmas and all through this house. Not a lawmaker was resting, not even their spouse. The CR was stalled, the debates full of heat, while a shutdown shadow loomed over our streets. My friends, It's time to fund our defense and aid for our farms and disaster relief to protect our very own citizens from harm. Our farmers work hard.
They deserve every chance to grow and to prosper, advance and enhance. Mr. Speaker, this Christmas. This Christmas, let's give we the people their due, a funded government from leaders who are true. So as we vote on this CR, let's keep this in sight. America first and to all a good night. And I yield back.
Let me just, I don't know what that was. Just let me say this though. This is one of the things I point out about Donald Trump over and over again. He goes and he makes these demands. I'm going to do this. I'm going to do that. And then he folds. It's a constant behavior in his pathology. It's all bluster. It's all bravado. He's not a competent operator.
He was just exposed again right here as all bluster, all bravado. I'll do a whole other hot take on that. But he said, I'm not going to support this unless you extend the debt ceiling limit, expand it. That didn't happen and he supports it. What does that tell you? He got nothing that he wanted in this. Wait, hit subscribe. Let's get to 4 million. Thank you for watching.
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