The House has resoundingly rejected President-elect Donald Trump’s new plan to fund federal operations and suspend the debt ceiling a day before a government shutdown. Democrats and some Republicans are refusing to accommodate his sudden demands and the quick fix cobbled together by Republican leaders. In a hastily convened evening vote punctuated by angry outbursts over the self-made crisis, the House voted 174-235 against the plan that would have kept government running for three months and suspended the debt limit for two years. House Speaker Mike Johnson appears determined to regroup before Friday’s midnight deadline. House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries called the new plan “laughable.”
