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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

65% : House Republicans are quickly cobbling together a new planThat could involve splitting up the previous efforts -- government funding, disaster and agricultural aid into separate votes -- with a debt ceiling vote potentially later.
54% : When asked whether Trump was briefed on the plan, Scalise replied: "The president's very interested in how his administration will start in January.
50% : Trump doubles down on a debt ceiling increaseFriday morning, Trump continued his insistence that a debt ceiling increase be included in any deal -- and if not, let the closures "begin now."He issued his latest demand as Speaker Johnson arrived early at the Capitol, instantly holing up with Vice President-elect JD Vance and some of the most conservative Republicans in the House Freedom Caucus who helped sink Trump's bill in a spectacular Thursday evening flop.
32% : "I did not want to see a failure on the House floor for the first demand that President Trump is making.
30% : The outcome proved a massive setback for Trump and his billionaire ally, Elon Musk, who rampaged against Johnson's bipartisan compromise, which Republicans and Democrats had reached earlier to prevent a Christmastime government shutdown.▶ Read more about the vote and where things standMore from this sectionCommunity members wrestle with grief in aftermath of Wisconsin school shootingUniFab Introduces Advanced AI Video Stabilization and Upscaler Technology EnhancementsSenate passes defense bill that will raise troop pay and aims to counter China's power
26% : "If there is going to be a shutdown of government, let it begin now," Trump posted on social media.
24% : Trump himself sparked the longest government shutdown in history in his first term at the White House.
17% : "I think President Trump was possibly, sold a bad bill yesterday," the Colorado lawmaker said.
10% : Trump does not fear government shutdowns the way Johnson and the lawmakers see federal closures as political losers that harm the livelihoods of Americans.

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