A bill to avert a partial government shutdown that was backed by President-elect Trump failed to pass the House of Representatives on Thursday night.
House GOP leaders must now huddle again to chart a way forward after the bill failed to net support from two-third of the chamber.
Congress is inching closer to the possibility of a partial shutdown, with the deadline coming at the end of Friday.
It comes after two days of chaos in Congress as lawmakers fought amongst themselves about a path forward on government spending – a fight joined by Trump and his allies Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy.
Meanwhile, the national debt has climbed to over $36 trillion, and the national deficit is over $1.8 trillion.
