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Government shutdown live updates: Cancer research, China provisions lost from bipartisan deal

Next steps are unclear after 38 Republicans voted against the bill.

ByIvan Pereira, Lauren Peller, and Mary Bruce, ABC News KABC logo
Last updated: Friday, December 20, 2024 8:06PM GMT
White House says there's 'still time' to avert shutdown
House Republicans met behind closed doors to discuss a new plan to avert a government shutdown -- as House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries says the "lines of communication have been reopened" with Speaker Mike Johnson.

WASHINGTON -- 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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Here's how the news is developing.
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Dec 20, 2024, 11:25 AM

What are the possible impacts of a government shutdown?

Based on past government estimates, some 3.5 million federal workers could go without paychecks this holiday season until an agreement is passed - many of them, like airport security officers, will be required to show up to work anyway. Others could be told to stay home and not work.

Read more about the possible implications here.

2:00 PM GMT

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

1:58 PM GMT

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."

-ABC News' Emily Chang

11:19 AM GMT

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.

The U.S Capitol photographed through a House Cannon building window on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024, in Washington.
The U.S Capitol photographed through a House Cannon building window on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024, in Washington.

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.

-ABC News' Oren Oppenheim

11:21 AM GMT

Will House vote on another spending bill Friday?

House Speaker Mike Johnson departed the Capitol Thursday night and said "we'll see" when asked if the House will vote on another spending bill on Friday.

Earlier Thursday, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise said leaders will "keep working" and didn't specify what the next step would be.

"What exactly is in or out hasn't been decided," Scalise said.

Scalise blamed Democrats for voting down the bill Thursday, saying, "They want to try to shut it down."

Congress faces a deadline of midnight Friday to sort out funding or a government shutdown kicks in.

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