Government funding bill clears Congress, averting a shutdown

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

79% : Looming government shutdown could hurt military families, veterans"This is a good outcome for the country," Johnson said after the House vote, adding he had spoken with Trump and the president-elect "was certainly happy about this outcome, as well.
46% : Plan to avert government shutdown does not include extra VA fundsTrump, who has not yet been sworn into office, is showing the power but also the limits of his sway with Congress, as he intervenes and orchestrates affairs from Mar-a-Lago alongside Musk, who is heading up the new Department of Government Efficiency.
43% : But the day's outcome was uncertain after Trump doubled down on his insistence that a debt ceiling increase be included in any deal -- if not, he said in an early morning post, let the closures "start now."The House approved Johnson's new bill overwhelmingly, 366-34.
41% : Rep. Rosa DeLauro, the top Democrat on the Appropriations Committee, said it looked like Musk, the wealthiest man in the world, was calling the shots for Trump and Republicans.
38% : "If there is going to be a shutdown of government, let it begin now," Trump posted early in the morning on social media.More important for the president-elect was his demand for pushing the thorny debt ceiling debate off the table before he returns to the White House.
37% : The federal debt limit expires Jan. 1, and Trump doesn't want the first months of his new administration saddled with tough negotiations in Congress to lift the nation's borrowing capacity.
25% : And Trump's not fearful of shutdowns the way lawmakers are, having sparked the longest government shutdown in history in his first term at the White House.
18% : "Congress must get rid of, or extend out to, perhaps, 2029, the ridiculous Debt Ceiling," Trump posted -- increasing his demand for a new five-year debt limit increase.
12% : But it's far smaller than the original bipartisan accord Johnson struck with Democratic and Republican leaders -- a 1,500-page bill that Trump and Musk rejected, forcing him to start over.

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