The vote is expected to take place tonight on the *new* “American Relief Act of 2024”.
After major pushback from President Trump and his allies in DOGE, and a social media storm raging against the spineless kowtowing of House Republicans, a new spending bill was quickly introduced.
Democrats (and House RINOs) have begun their offended whine sessions, complaining that they are no longer able to ramrod through whatever pork piles they so desire.
President Trump, however, made sure to mark the occasion with a pointed post on social media — lest anyone mistake what just happened for anything less than a VICTORY!
In case that’s a bit tough to read, here’s a text transcript:
SUCCESS in Washington!
Speaker Mike Johnson and the House have come to a very good Deal for the American People. The newly agreed to American Relief Act of 2024 will keep the Government open, fund our Great Farmers and others, and provide relief for those severely impacted by the devastating hurricanes.
ADVERTISEMENTA VERY important piece, VITAL to the America First Agenda, was added as well – The date of the very unnecessary Debt Ceiling will be pushed out two years, to January 30, 2027. Now we can Make America Great Again, very quickly, which is what the People gave us a mandate to accomplish.
All Republicans, and even the Democrats, should do what is best for our Country, and vote “YES” for this Bill, TONIGHT!
The most noticeable difference at first glance is the size.
The first spending bill was packed with pork and filled more than 1,500 pages.
The current bill has been dropped to a mere 116 pages!
Check out the two proposed bills side by side!
This shows how much your voice matters!
And having a President like @realDonaldTrump means that your voice is finally heard. https://t.co/0a7QDJx9zt
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 19, 2024
While the bill drastically dropped in total volume and seemed to address the concerns of those against the former bill, it remained to be seen if the changes were enough.
As Charlie Kirk quickly pointed out, President Trump’s digital “thumbs up” signaled his support.
BREAKING: President Trump signals his support for a deal that’s been brokered in DC that includes pushing out the debt ceiling for two years — critical for giving President Trump the runway to work.
Let’s get this done!! pic.twitter.com/aToFL2pJiI
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) December 19, 2024
It also put Congressional Republicans on notice.
Not only would the pork-filled spending bills of decades past no longer be tolerated as just something you had to accept — the “cost of doing business” in Washington DC…
But the Republicans in the House just got a taste of what’s going to happen if they drop the ball on voting this Trump-approved bill through, tonight.
Dan Bongino, along with many others, weighed in this morning on the fear tactics used in Congress for far too long, and the continual draining of the American tax payer for outlandish Congressional spending.
He summed up the tone coming from President Trump’s camp, and those who are sick and tired of “business as usual”, about as good as anyone.
🔥🔥🔥🔥
Dan Bongino @dbongino :
“I earned this microphone, and the Bongino Army owned their place out there too. And we’re tired of this BULLSH*T! If you’ve gotta shut the Government down until Trump gets in there, then SHUT IT DOWN!” pic.twitter.com/uzEzoRr8Uw— MAGA Kitty (@SaveUSAKitty) December 19, 2024
House Republicans referred to the new bill as “plan B”.
It seems as though “plan B” was sitting there all along, and “plan A” was nothing more than an attempt to test whether or not they could push through more of that “business as usual”.
The old bill had tons of extra “add-ons”, according to a report in The Hill:
After pressure from President-elect Trump and his allies resulted in the demise of the bipartisan spending bill before it could go to the House floor for a vote, House Republicans have reached an agreement on a “plan B” to avert a government shutdown.
This new 116-page bill comes just hours ahead of Friday’s funding deadline. The plan is to vote on Thursday, lawmakers announced. The new package will extend government funding for three months and suspend the debt limit until January 2027.
The previous iteration of the package was a 1,500-page bill that included a number of add-ons, including more than $100 billion in disaster and emergency funding, a health care-related package, and an extension of the Farm Bill.
An important part of the new bill is that it extends the debt limit for a full two years, giving President Trump enough time to enact the lasting changes he ran his campaign on.
The 2 year extension of the debt limit was a primary demand coming from President Trump.
🚨 #BREAKING: The text of the Trump endorsed spending bill has been released
It’s only 116 pages this time.
MUCH of the pork has been cut out!
Full bill posted below in replies 👇🏻 pic.twitter.com/OH4kTqBpI7
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) December 19, 2024
There were also hidden traps tucked away in the original 1,500+ page bill.
One such “trap” was language that would have blocked RFK Jr’s plan to update how vaccine injuries are handled, and litigated.
It would have essentially outlawed the Secretary of Health and Human Services from altering the vaccine injury table in exactly the ways that have been demanded!
🚨 THE SPENDING BILL WOULD HAVE BLOCKED RFK JR. FROM UPDATING HHS PROTOCOL ON VACCINE INJURIES
On page 757, the bill amends the previously-passed “Prevent Pandemic Act” (42 USC 6627):
“The Secretary may not revise the Vaccine Injury Table to include a vaccine for which the… pic.twitter.com/GwL555bOVc
— Lauren Lee (@sheislaurenlee) December 19, 2024
President Trump quickly responded to the news by calling on the House — including Democrats — to “do what is best”, and vote the bill in “tonight”, according to Fox News:
Multiple sources told Fox News Digital that the deal would extend current government funding levels for three months and also suspend the debt limit for two years – something President-elect Trump has demanded.
Trump praised the deal minutes after Fox News Digital reported its contents.
Trump said of the deal, “Speaker Mike Johnson and the House have come to a very good Deal for the American People. The newly agreed to American Relief Act of 2024 will keep the Government open, fund our Great Farmers and others, and provide relief for those severely impacted by the devastating hurricanes.”
“All Republicans, and even the Democrats, should do what is best for our Country, and vote ‘YES’ for this Bill, TONIGHT!” he wrote.
It comes after conservatives led by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy torpedoed Speaker Mike Johnson’s initial government funding plan on Wednesday, prompting fears of a partial government shutdown right before the holidays.
GOP hardliners were furious about what they saw as unrelated measures and policy riders being added to the bill at the last minute.
House lawmakers could vote on the new bill as early as Thursday evening.
Ironically, as President Trump actively orchestrated the defeat of the initial bill and pushed for its replacement, the Biden’s weren’t even in the Capital.
Joe & Jill Biden were filmed leaving their Delaware home on the way back to the White House only because it looked like the government shut down would happen.
Democrats had every intention of blaming the shut down on Republicans, after President Trump and his allies pushed those same Republicans to grow a backbone and stop needlessly gifting the democrats everything they demanded.
If my math is right, Joe & Jill Biden were on their way back to the White House where they intended on using the pending government shut down to attack President Trump and Republicans, when the news broke that the shut down had been averted.
And not just averted — but completely de-porked and shaved down to a streamlined bill, devoid of democrat traps.
We are weeks away from President Trump’s inauguration, and already we have seen the effects of good leadership versus the limp-wristed political drama of the Biden and Harris regime.
Good riddance to the old, and hallelujah for the new! January 20th can’t come soon enough!
At the time of this writing, the bill is expected to be brought to the House floor for a vote tonight, but the timing is unknown.
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