As the dust settles on Congress frantically passing a stopgap bill at the eleventh hour to avoid a government shutdown, lawmakers are having their say on a chaotic week on Capitol Hill.<\/p>\n
President Biden signed the 118-page bill into law on Saturday, extending government funding into March, the\u00a0White House<\/a>\u00a0announced. The bill provides over $100 billion in disaster aid for those affected by storms Helene and Milton in the U.S. Southeast earlier this year. It also includes a $10 billion provision for economic assistance to farmers.\u00a0<\/p>\n President Biden<\/a>\u00a0has not yet publicly commented on the passage of the legislation, nor has\u00a0President-elect Trump, although sources tell Fox that the incoming president is not that happy about the bill, because it does not suspend the debt ceiling.\u00a0<\/p>\n PRESIDENT BIDEN SIGNS STOPGAP FUNDING BILL INTO LAW, NARROWLY AVERTING SHUTDOWN<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., who faced criticism from both Republicans and Democrats for his handling of the negotiations, said after the House vote that the result was “a good outcome for the country.” He said he had spoken with Trump and that the president-elect “was certainly happy about this outcome, as well.”<\/p>\n House Democratic Leader\u00a0Hakeem Jeffries,\u00a0D-N.Y., considered the legislation a win for his party.\u00a0<\/p>\n “The House Democrats have successfully stopped extreme MAGA Republicans from shutting down the government, crashing the economy and hurting working-class Americans all across the nation,” Jeffries\u00a0said, referring to Trump\u2019s “Make America Great Again” slogan.<\/p>\n Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., praised Democrats, including Jeffries and Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., for\u00a0“their unity and courage withstanding the Trump-Musk irresponsibility.”<\/p>\n “Democrats will always fight to protect the needs of America\u2019s working families, veterans, seniors, farmers and first responders against the GOP\u2019s agenda for billionaires and special interests.”<\/p>\n A bulging 1,547-page continuing resolution was thrown into disarray earlier in the week following objections by Elon Musk<\/a> and President-elect Trump. A slimmed-down version was then rejected by House members on Thursday before the House approved Speaker Mike Johnson\u2019s new bill overwhelmingly on Friday by 366 votes to 34.<\/p>\n The Senate worked into early Saturday morning to pass the bill 85-11, just after the deadline.<\/p>\n WHITE HOUSE PRESSED ON BIDEN REFUSING TO SPEAK PUBLICLY AHEAD OF SHUTDOWN<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer<\/a> praised the passage of the funding legislation early Saturday.<\/p>\n “There will be no government shutdown right before Christmas,” Schumer wrote on X. “We will keep the government open with a bipartisan bill that funds the government, helps Americans affected\u00a0by hurricanes<\/a>\u00a0and natural disasters, helps our farmers and avoids harmful cuts.”<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y., said the revised funding package keeps government funded at current levels, delivers aid to Americans suffering from natural disasters and protects agricultural supply chains.\u00a0<\/p>\n “Not only is this straightforward bill much more palatable to me, but it respects the taxpayers we represent, unlike the previous backroom boondoggle I opposed that was over 1,500 pages long and gave unnecessary and costly giveaways to the Democrats,” Malliotakis wrote on X.\u00a0<\/p>\n “Passing this legislation today gives us what we need until President Trump is sworn in and settled so our Republican trifecta can deliver the results the American people voted for.”<\/p>\n Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., questioned why President Biden appeared to play a limited role in negotiations.<\/p>\n “People fail to recognize that even though the focus has been on President Trump, Joe Biden is actually still the president, which is really mind-boggling, because nobody’s heard from him in weeks,” Lawler told Fox & Friends Weekend on Saturday, adding that the debt ceiling has been used as a “political pi\u00f1ata for decades.”\u00a0<\/p>\n “The party in the minority uses it as leverage in a negotiation, and I think what President Trump is trying to avoid is giving Democrats a loaded gun to hold to his head here.”<\/p>\n Elsewhere, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., applauded the Senate for approving the D.C. Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Campus Revitalization Act, which he had introduced and helped pass in the House.<\/p>\n The bill <\/a>would give the District of Columbia control of the 174-acre RFK campus and revive potential plans for a new Washington Commanders stadium.<\/p>\n The surprising move came after a provision in the initial continuing resolution (CR) — to transfer control of the RFK campus from the federal government to the District — was eliminated from Thursday’s slimmed down version of the bill.<\/p>\n “The Senate\u2019s passage of the D.C. RFK Stadium Campus Revitalization Act is a historic moment for our nation\u2019s capital. If Congress failed to act today, this decaying land in Washington would continue to cost taxpayers a fortune to maintain,” Comer said.<\/p>\n “Revitalizing this RFK Memorial Stadium site has been a top economic priority for the city, and I am proud to have partnered with D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser to get this bill across the finish line and to the President\u2019s desk. This bipartisan success is a testament to the House Oversight Committee\u2019s unwavering effort to protect taxpayers and our full commitment to ensuring a capital that is prosperous for residents and visitors for generations to come,”\u00a0he added.<\/p>\n The Associated Press contributed to this report.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As the dust settles on Congress frantically passing a stopgap bill at the eleventh hour to avoid a government shutdown, lawmakers are having their say on a chaotic week on Capitol Hill. President Biden signed the 118-page bill into law on Saturday, extending government funding into March, the\u00a0White House\u00a0announced. 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