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After Pressure From Trump, House Republicans Vote To Avert Shutdown

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) speaks during a post-meeting news conference Tuesday. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post)

House Republicans have been incapable of passing a government funding bill without Democratic help since clinching the majority in 2022. That changed Tuesday — thanks, in part, to President Donald Trump.

The House approved a GOP proposal that would keep the federal government running through the end of September if the Senate adopts it before a 12:01 a.m. Saturday funding deadline.All but one House Republican voted for the bill, which passed 217-213.

With one exception, House Democrats rejected the continuing resolution, known as a CR, due to their opposition to cuts to government spending pushed by Trump and billionaire adviser Elon Musk through his U.S. DOGE Service.

The victory for House Republicans was not an easy one. The fractious conference has been unable to overcome internal ideological differences and agree to fund the government on party-line votes for years, forcing GOP leaders to rely on Democrats under President Joe Biden. But Trump’s influence — and a strong-arm lobbying campaign from the White House — made the difference for many conservatives to finally fall in line.

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