The US House of Representatives has failed to pass a bill to fund the government for the next six months, until March 28, 2025, CBS News reports.
202 people voted in favor of the law (199 Republicans and three Democrats), 220 voted against (14 Republicans and 206 Democrats).
Speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson He expressed disappointment after the vote, saying: “Now we will go back to the script, write a new one and find a solution.”
Last time, the US Congress was unable to agree on a budget for fiscal year 2024 for nearly six months due to disagreements between the Democratic and Republican parties, each of which controls one chamber of Congress. Instead, lawmakers have repeatedly passed interim budgets to push back the deadline and buy time for negotiations. As a result, a $1.2 trillion budget was passed just hours before the partial shutdown.
