Government shutdown live updates: 'Get rid of' or extend debt ceiling, Trump says
Republican congressional leaders Thursday night failed to pass a revamped plan to avoid a government shutdown looming Friday night -- and to satisfy President-elect Donald Trump's explosive demand that the debt limit be raised, or eliminated, at the same time.
Thousands of federal workers could have to work without pay, others could be furloughed and many government services could be affected.
Democrats say Republicans will own the consequences since Trump and his ally Elon Musk blew up a funding deal GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson had proposed.
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Trump says if there is going to be a shutdown, it should 'begin now'
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Johnson says he expects another vote Friday morning
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Trump says Congress should 'get rid of' or extend debt ceiling, or else not do a deal
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Musk blames Democrats for spending bill’s failure
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1 hour and 12 minutes ago
Trump says if there is going to be a shutdown, it should 'begin now'
Trump said on Friday morning that if there is going to be a government shutdown, it should "begin now."
"If there is going to be a shutdown of government, let it begin now, under the Biden Administration, not after January 20th, under 'TRUMP,'" Trump wrote in a social media post.
"This is a Biden problem to solve, but if Republicans can help solve it, they will!" Trump added.
The message came after House Republicans on Thursday night failed to pass a Trump-backed spending proposal after 38 GOP members rejected the plan.
-ABC News' Soorin Kim, Lalee Ibssa and Kelsey Walsh
1 hour and 24 minutes ago
Johnson says he expects another vote Friday morning
Speaker Johnson told reporters that he expects the House will be voting again soon to try to avert a shutdown.
"Yeah we're expecting votes this morning, we've got a plan," he told reporters as he arrived on Capitol Hill.
When asked if there was a new agreement, he only replied: "We'll see."
Trump says Congress should 'get rid of' or extend debt ceiling, or else not do a deal
President-elect Donald Trump, in an early morning post on his social media platform, said Congress should either "get rid of" or extend the debt ceiling, saying his position was that "without this, we should never make a deal."
The post, which came a little after 1 a.m., was published after the House failed to pass the government funding bill Trump supported.
Trump added that the pressure is on the incumbent president, although he didn't mention President Joe Biden by name. He floated the year 2029 as a possibility for a new debt ceiling deadline.
