so we have some of the finest quality anywhere that comes from this -- from california and the u.s. also, some of the finest quality we have of staff that works on this floor, you are ella will be leaving us pretty soon -- our ella will be leaving us pretty soon and moving to a new building to work in a member's office. we will miss her, her quality work and thumbs up. best wishes to you. god bless you. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: thank you. pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess subject to the call of the chair.

vice president elect j.d. vance also on the hill meeting with conservative members of the republican party in the house. behind closed doors. we told you earlier congresswoman anna paw lena luna coming out saying they have reached some sort of plan. that's the headline in the hill. shutdown looms as johnson says plan c. is reached. she said a vote could happen around 10 a.m. eastern time. here's the latest by the punch bowl news. they caught up with congressman rosendale. he came out of the speaker's office and said he's still a no on the c.r.. representative dusty johnson, a republican, said he does not anticipate a 10 a.m. vote, which was floated earlier anymore.

so as it stands right now we have to wait and see. what do house republicans do this morning? they are hours away from that funding deadline. tad of fox news tweeting this out. luna said earlier there would be no deal with democrats. so plan c would not have anything in it that democrats would vote for. they would not negotiate with democrats. that would trigger a shutdown because democrats control the senate. that's what chad pergram fox news producer said. patty murray, top democrat, washington state, appropriations chair in that chamber putting out this statement. i'm ready to stay here through chstmas because we are not going toet elon musk run the government. put simply, we should not let an unelected billionaire rip away research for pediatric cancer so he can get a tax cut or tear down policies that help america

outcompete china because it could hurt his bottom line. we had a bipartisan deal. we should stick to it. the deal that was already agreed to would reasonably fund the government all for badly needed disaster relief to communities across america and deliver some good bipartisan policy reforms. it is your turn to be part of this debate in washington. who do you agree with here? republicans who say we should pass plan b that failed on the floor last night which includes an increase in the debt ceiling backed by president-elect donald trump, or do you agree with most democrats and republicans who negotiated plan a who say, that's a bipartisan deal, let's bring it up, go forward with that. or should it just be house republicans who pass a continuing resolution to keep the government funding? of course there's plan d, shut

the government down. barry in georgia, republican, good morning to you. caller: good morning. merry christmas to all. well, the one thing i think people are looking over on this part a was there was a stipulation in there that they couldn't be looked into, the congress couldn't be looked into as far as text messages and other stuff. so that was put -- putting their self above the law. from what i understand nobody's above the law, are they? host: william, cleveland ohio, democratic caller. hi. caller: good morning. i just called i wanted to make a statement. what i'm trying to say with doge that the ramaswamy and musk are only there to overlook some of the spending things that the --

both parties were trying to push through. now, i understand they basically suggested to the president hey, cut this out, cut that out, cut that out. they were trying to reduce the spending. so now they came back with a less expensive bill and then they presented it for -- to be voted on or examined, but the crazy part is, the bill -- the first thing was $350 billion. now the second -- now they rue duesed what the expenses were. but then all of a sudden the bill comes back, a lot of stuff's been cut up, and now it went back up to $350 billion or something to that effect. is that because they are voting themselves a raise? quite frankly, nobody from either party, the senate or congress, deserve a raise. i don't see where they have done

anything -- host: william, hold on. plan b, you are referring to that failed on tphraort last night, 38 republicans objected to it along with 197 democrats. wh's in thisegislation. a three-month extension of government funding at current levels. there's your price tag. a two-year suspensi of the debt limit to january 2027. it extds the farm bill also adding to the price t. and then $110 billion disaster relief package, and it includes $10 billion iaid for farmers. so there was provisions in this plan b that democrats and republicans wanted in addition to funding the federal government. and it would have funded the government at current levels until march. as we said it was rejected on the floor last night. now we are learning from speaker mike johnson as he entered the capitol this morning he says they have a plan to avoid a

shutdown. they are less than 15 hours away from their deadline. what do you want them to do? jim, lakeland, florida, republican. jim, what's your message to washington? caller: my message to washington basically is that they need to get the job done. we got the wrong people being punished with a shutdown. and who needs to be punished is the congress itself. they shouldn't receive a dime of a paycheck if they are not going to approve a budget before the deadline at the end of the fiscal year. that's basically my opinion. host: all right, jim. sue in lima, ohio, democratic caller. sue, good morning to you. what do you say? caller: yes, thank you for taking my -- call. we had a bipartisan, republican, democrat agreed upon bill to be

taken to the floor that had the votes. had the votes. agreed upon by president biden who is the president. and elon musk came in there like a tiger and said shut down the government. don't vote for it. it's none of his business. it's none of trump's business. they sign nothing. they are not legally obligated to anything. so we need to put that bill back on the floor. it did not require the deficit to be raised. and this is due till march. in march the republicans can do whatever they want. but do the matchup down the government to satisfy two people to manage. it's wrong. host: sue in ohio, democratic caller, we are getting your thoughts on the debate here in

washington. your take, you get to tell washington what you want them to do. in the halls of congress. a shutdown could have impact on millions of americans. this is from news week. federal workers and the estimate is around 875,000 that would be furloughed, not receive pay during a time. year when many americans take on more expenses due to the winter holidays. nonessential government functions were put on pause. but members of congress would still collect a check regardless whether the government is opened. roy, cincinnati, ohio, republican. hi, roy. caller: morning. they couldn't work hard when actually a real leader gets back in office. they work pretty hard i feel. for the whole elon musk thing, he kind of works for us, the

people, in my opinion.

host: what are some of the nonsense that you learned about through vivek ramaswamy and elon

musk? caller: some of the nonsense is you can't get -- it's a lot of the freedoms that they are trying to take away. like we can't get the texts messages from congress. we can't -- it's all these things that the government hides from the american people that were there that were going to be law that you cannot change. just deal with the financial aspect of what's going on with the c.r.. don't add your nonsense because guess what? when donald trump gets in office, he is going to expose all the corruption. and then that's going to really shake up the government. host: ok. rich, as you said, lots of provisions in that first plan a political. over 1,500 pages. a sizable bill. we showed you earlier if we can get that picture of what that

legislation looked like. all the paper as it's stacked up versus plan b which was put on the floor, there it is on your screen. plan a is is the larger bill. over 1500 pages. plan b this is from congressman mario diaz-balart, tweeting this out, plan b was around 500 pages. it still did not get republicann support. 38 opposed it because they did not -- some of them did not want to raise the debt ceiling. you heard from congressman chip roy. he wanted spending cuts included as well. that group meeting behind closed doors already this morning with speaker mike johnson, and have been elect j.d. vance to figure out what is it that they would support so that they can pass the piece of legislation and send it to the senate. that is where we are this morning as we approach 9:30 a.m. eastern time here.

we expect that -- the house, which is is subject to the call of the chair -- not expect. i have been told by speaker johnson that there is a plan and that there would be a vote to avoid a government shutdown. he said it would happen this morning. keep your channel here on c-span. on c-span.org or our free video mobile app c-span now to follow along. before we say goodbye on the "washington journal" here this morning, we are going to continue with a conversation with all of you. you get to tell the lawmakers here in washington what you think about the job they are doing this week. the debate they are having. and what you want them to do next. caller: thank you for taking my call. host: we are listening. go ahead. caller: absolutely. i think they should just go get

to plan d. scrap plan c and get to plan d. we know that's not going to pass because it's only going to be republicans. just basic math, they get everybody to vote for it, for whatever plan c is and no democrats come to the table, then that means it doesn't pass again. it's like the republican party are trying their hardest to not see. they are trying their hardest to not see what's going on. what we voting for, i guess. keep saying 77 million voted for trump. 70 something million voted for kamala. it's like we voted for the return of chaos. four years ago chaotic. four years ago pandemic, everybody shut down. so much chaos with the government. it seems like everybody wants the government to be efficient. everybody can agree on that. but as before trump or he got

back into office, an ineffective governing. nobody wants to see this. nobody wants to be in this position. especially during times like this. especially during times of christmas and we have a lot of -- why are we going to plan c where nobody has agreement we already know it's going to fail. go to plan d. make sure people in government decisions make governmental decisions and trust the process. i don't understand how ramaswamy and musk can send a tweet on elon's platform and then now 24 hours after our government went into a backroom and agreed on a set bill, agreed, compromised, it's now a shut down. now nobody will come to the

table. it baffles me. host: all right. david, ohio, republican. david. good morning to you. what do you say? caller: good morning to you, greta. just came across your show and pretty interesting. i am a republican. and i have been a trump supporter ever since he came around. i am a disabled veteran from the iraq war. medically discharged in 2007. joined up out there at 9/11. right out of high school. i am on v.a. assistance obviously. our benefits rely on the -- a lot of that -- how they are concerned about this. we always know they are going to pass the bill to protect our -- us veterans.

and other people on assistance and so on. i think republicans have better outlook because we are tired of the wasteful spending that we have noticed. it's coming to light with new plans coming for words next year. i think -- elon and -- host: that's ok. ramaswamy. that's who you are referring to? caller: correct. their plan is going to be super. and i think that's the right move for our nation. it does all work out. host: thank you for your service and sacrifices. a veteran there. david in ohio. republican. more of your phone calls coming up. join the conversation here on the "washington journal."

a reporter with the associated press. what have you learned this morning? guest: always good to be with you. this seems to be continue tinnually evolving situation. we are used to seeing this when we come up on these government funding deadlines and scramble to get things together. hearing the speaker does expect there will be votes today, we weren't sure what that situation looked like at the end of yesterday, they are going to keep trying again and coming with just hours to go before funding bill expires and a shutdown would begin. it's down to the wire. we have been here before. sometimes we talk about situations having to feel different. this one does, particularly given the back and forth between republicans, their incoming president, and the insertion of elon musk into the conversation. host: we heard this morning that conservatives who met with speaker johnson and vice president elect j.d. vance coming out, members of congress,

house republicans, coming out of that room and anna paw lena luna there was a deal, vote at 10. after that we heard from rosendale reported on capitol hill, congressman rose yell daily telling them i'm a no. dusty johnson saying i don't think there is going to be a vote at 10. and anna paw lena luna saying any deal going forward won't be with democrats. how will this pass this on the floor? guest: that's a great question. we'll see what happens at 0 or thereafter if there are these votes. for these conversations to continue to evolve is and for there to be this disagreement and disruption within the republicans hose votes would be needed to get something across the finish line. as we saw yesterday more than three dozen republicans joining with democrats to oppose that first take. mike johnson knows he's going to

need to really get a lot of support from within his own party. at this point with the conversations happening and with the republicans who don't just want to perhaps go along with they are seeing as being inserted from outside forces, maybe like donald trump or elon musk or some of the other people getting involved in this conversation, then they are thinking about themselves and also coming into the next congress with perhaps having stuff to whatever they see as important issues to them. with chip roy, voicing his disagreement with the bill as it was previously, and talking about what he thought should happen. these are tough conversations for republicans to be having. there's been a lot of talk about how they are coming into washington next year with control in the house, in the senate, in the white house. but with this situation happening it remains to be seen exactly what all of that centralized power could mean in terms of getting things done in

the next congress when we get there. host: if speaker johnson puts a proposal on the floor today that is only backed by republicans, he needs 218 votes, does he, by reporting so far this morning, do we know if he has 218 votes? guest: we don't know for sure if he does. we'll continue to see. i think it's important to note all these members have different things that are important to them in the legislation as it comes together. we saw a lot of conversation about the emergency funding related to hurricane relief and all of that in the first bill and that came into it and the bill still failed. it depends on what's happening in the new package with the members and if they are seeing things that really are important to them, to their constituents. if they feel comfortable voting with that. so far we just haven't seen enough evidence to show that there are all of those members

who are willing to say yes to this bill. there are also probably going to be some members who just don't want to vote yes on something because of an outside influence like president-elect donald trump or someone else saying they should. there are plenty of members saying i'm my own person, i get my vote, i'm going to vote the way i feel i should. that's an interesting take to see when that member and the incoming president are of the same party. also important to think about what we have a lot of republican control in different branches of government. that doesn't mean everybody is always on the same page. host: what about senate democrats here? if speaker johnson puts something on the floor today that gets only republican support, what do we know senate democrats who control that chamber, what do they do? guest: they got a tough conversation ahead of them as well. we know from house democrats, especially hakeem jeffries after meeting with members of his caucus, saying, this is not going to work. you all need to do better. when it comes to senate

democrats, there have been plenty of them voicing their opposition to this situation and seeming content to let republicans kind of have it out among themselves. but i think it is important to note, too, these members all want to go home. they do want to have their christmas break such as it is. and that means trying to get some of this funding through or having a shutdown, which is what we are hearing from all sides that's clearly not a situation that members want to see themselves in, either. that's something that's different to unwind whenever it's done. and kind of puts a dark continuation on the -- continuing on the holidays -- tinge on the holidays. it remains to be seen what the senate democrats will do after this. it is one of those situations they would like to wrap up their work to get out of here provided this is something they can live with in terms of the bill. host: if speaker mike johnson puts legislation on the floor that democrats say they will support, or he negotiates with

democrats to pass something and avert a shutdown, what happens to his speakership, his control of the gavel when the new congress convenes on january 3? guest: that would put mike johnson in a tricky situation. we are used to seeing at least in a couple of recent years these battles for the speakership be more contentious than years previous. certainly the first bill that mike johnson put forward was a bipartisan bill. that's why there are have been a lot of house democrats saying we worked with you guys once before on this. you didn't like it. now we are kind of back at square one. so if that situation were to happen, if that bill were able to get passed with the support of those democrats, mike johnson could say, yes, i was able to help avert a government shutdown, but i would imagine there are going to be voices within his party which will control the house chamber in the new congress says he's too consillatory. he's too willing to work across the aisle in ways they might

disagree with. so that effort for him to keep the gavel into the next congress might not be as easy as it may have looked a couple weeks ago. host: national politics reporter with the associated press. follow her reporting on x. and a.p..com. thank you for your time. back to our conversation with all of you. sharon in beaverton, oregon, democratic caller. sharon, government funding expires midnight tonight. what do you think? lawmakers should do? caller: well, i think obviously they should work together. which they did on the first package. i think the critical thing to examine honestly is the fact that in the second one elon musk and trump said they wanted mone. now, past republicans constantly

they say we got to cut the deficit, cut the deficit. it's counter intuitive to think you want to raise the debt ceiling? there's only one reason to raise the debt ceiling, and that's because trump has promised his rich donors that he's going to cut their taxes. including elon musk and ramaswamy. sorry if i mispronounced his name. but they are actually -- they've got big skin in the game because the 1% that got the last one they want to renew are those two. no wonner they texted. i text if it meant billions of dollars to me -- no wonder they texted. i'd text if it meant billions of dollars to me. how can republican says we got to cut deficit but we got to

make sure the debt ceiling is taken away. spend as much as you want. then you can give your 1% friends their tax cut. the very guys that taxed it. host: vigil in richmond, kentucky. independent. good morning. caller: good morning. how are you this morning? host: well. what do you think here of this debate here in washington? and where we are this morning with less than 15 hours to go before government shutdown? caller: quite frankly it's silly. it's unnecessary. and it is a result of the fact that the federal government has not passed 12 appropriations spending bills as part of an actual budget since 1997 fiscal year. if congress would actually just do their job, stop worrying about funding their special interests, stop funding their big donors, and actually spend time, effort to actually come up

with 12 appropriation bills and pass them, this wouldn't be a problem. and for everyone that's complaining about elon musk, all he's done is open the platform so that everyone can have a say so. people on x, which i am on at fedup kentuckian, has decided to use the last form to put prerbg sure on congressmen. high dare we do that. and trump, president-elect trump better get one thing through his head right now. maga, or make america great again, is no longer just about him and what he wants. it's about america. and bringing in this now $36.248 trillion of debt. it's about that now. if he doesn't get onboard with that, he's going to be a long, tedious, and embarrassing four

years for him. host: all right, sreurpblg the -- virgil. democratic caller in ohio. your turn. caller: good morning. i think the answer is very simple. tell everyone that joe biden is still president of the united states. send mr. ramaswamy and mr. musk home. tell donald trump he is not going to take the oath of office until january 20. they need to approve the bill. the original bill. and let's go home for christmas. host: all right. democratic caller. her message to lawmakers here in washington as they face a deadline to fund the government and avert a shutdown. gary in huntsville, alabama. a republican. hi. caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. i, too, am a retired military and disabled vet.

so i have lived through a few of these shutdowns over the years. none of them were fun. however, another comment about elon musk being putting up as speaker. i totally disagree with that. he is not an elected official. so therefore i would highly object to that. as far as him trying to help rein in spending on the first bill, it was washington stadium and several other particular projects put in there. yes, take that out. take care of the farmers, take care of the people in north carolina. get a decent c.r.. get it passed today. because it's not fun to have to go to work and not know if you are going to get paid.

as an essential employee you still had to work every day. host: republican in alabama talking about elon musk. axios noting that musk has had tweets disallowed -- tweet storm they say 150 plus posts on the defeat of the federal spending bill while sharing some demonstrably false information. including the size of a proposed congressional pay raise. now dropped from the bill. musk also repost add false claim that the bill included a $3 billion for a new nfl stadium in d.c. but the provision also now stricken from the bill merely transferred the site of the old r.f.k. stadium from the federal government to the district of columbia. musk said the original bill fund adebayo weapons lab. it -- a bioweapons lab. it didn't. musk post add claim the bill contained $60 billion for ukraine which it didn't appear

to. this is from axios' reporting. when musk tells x followers, you are the media, it's true. they are part of his media. but that's different than declaring they are all reporters trying to validate information before sharing it. john, hampton, virginia, a democratic caller. john, you get to tell washington this morning what you think of this debate over how to continue funding the government and avert a shutdown. good morning to you. caller: good morning to you. i'm a veteran. i think quite frankly we made a very big mistake in re-electing this gentleman. and i fear it's going to worse than this. look at what we are going through right now and he hasn't even taken the oath. as he takes the oath, which he really don't believe in, what do

you think he's going to do? he's already told me he wants to be a dictator. what do you think he's going to do? host: all right, john. shirley, fort myers, florida, independent. what do you say? caller: greta, happy holidays to you. boy, oh boy, this is the government show we just can't seem to get through. i really want the government to figure this out. leave the outside agitators as elon musk out of the conversation. they have no say so. i really hope this works because america deserves to have the government functioning. thank you again. happy holidays. host: all right. doug, newport news, virginia, republican. hi. caller: good morning. i'm a vet. i'm going to tell you i want to thank c-span for publishing and showing everybody the way our government works because these

people get paid if the government shuts down. every congressman, every one of their workers should be the first ones to not get paid. you cannot run a government like this. you cannot tell us to go to war. and we are not going to get paid. they should be the first ones going on that frontline when that happens. and picking up a gun instead of sitting on their ass in washington, d.c., doing nothing. that's all they have done. host: doug in newport news, virginia. republican with his thoughts this morning. midnight tonight is the government funding deadline. at 12:01 a.m. eastern time is when there would be a partial government shutdown. if it is not averted today here in washington. speaker mike johnson coming into the capitol earlier this morning told reporters they have a plan and that there would be votes this morning. keep your channel here on c-span throughout the day to catch

coverage of the debate and possible vote on avoiding a government shutdown. if you have to go about your day, can you download our free video mobile app, c-span now. watch online at c-span.org. carol in west virginia, independent. good morning to you, carol. caller: good morning. host: we are listening to you. caller: shut it down. host: shut it down. caller: yep. shut it down. if they can't come to an agreement, i mean we have seen this how many times? and as far as elon musk and everybody, they are no different than the lobbyists that's there lobbying all the time for money. they are just lobbying against spending money. i think they should do a clean one. they don't have to raise the debt ceiling. look, we are going to run at current levels. end of discussion. you either agree with it or you don't. everybody else has to live on a

budget. and washington seems they want to keep raising and raising and raising the budget. and both sides is doing it. host: carol, when you say come together, who are you talking to? all the republicans come together? and pass something with 218 votes? because they control the chamber? or are you saying come together with democrats and have a bipartisan deal? caller: i have watched both parties. i have watched the democrats pass spending bills and pass bills and not a republican vote for it. i have seen the republicans pass bills and not a democrat. they need to grow up because they are big bois and girl panties on and act like adults and say you know what, the people spoke. they told us they wanted this. they want us to quit spending money and put the american people first. neither party puts the american people first. host: carol, who do you agree with here? president-elect donald trump?

caller: i don't agree with none of them. i'm saying they need to -- they can pass a clean bill if they really wanted to. there is nothing wrong with just saying, look, we are not adding anything to this. we are not taking anything away right now. we are going to fund the government on the same budget that we have right now until we can figure this out. host: clean c.r., carol. that's what carol wants in west virginia, independent caller. all of you get to tell lawmakers what you would like them to do. this morning we have 0 minutes left in our conversation. we'll see what happens at 10 a.m. eastern time. dick of punch bowl news tweeting this out. one of the options of many being discussed would be for the leadership to hold separate votes on different titles. different parts in the bill. similar to what johnson did on foreign aid. there are some procedural issues with this, but they can be

overcome. so they would vote on the farm aid bill, on the farm bill, on the disaster aid, etc. they would separate out these provisions and hold separate votes. thomas massie, a republican from kentucky last night, he proposed that idea according to reporters who were watching the chamber last night after plan b failed. and mike johnson was huddling with conservative members of congress in the chamber on the floor seek ago way forward -- seeking a way forward. thomas massies said he proposed separate votes. margaret in santa maria, california. democratic caller. hi. caller: hello. good morning. i do agree with with that other caller saying that musk is a lobbyist. would any other lobbyist be

allowed to come in on the floor and start doing what he's doing? the reason i'm calling is because to say that the democrats have to stop helping the republicans on this debt deal. if republicans don't go -- do go for the bipartisan bill, maybe. the democrats have helped johnson before. and no quid pro quo before. well, they have to get a spine. we elected them to work for us not for themselves. i think that's the way this should go. thank you. host: ok. that is margaret's thoughts there. tim in friendship, new york. democratic caller. hi. caller: hi, greta. i just wanted to say one of your earlier callers really nailed

it. send trump and his entourage home and let congress get done what they need to get done. i think what we are seeing right now is like january 6 on steroids whereas they are in and controlling the congress where they should not be there at all. they should wait until their turn. host: ok. that's tim in new york. democratic caller this morning. mike in alabama, republican. hi. caller: good morning. first -- can you hear me? host: yes, we hear you. caller: first part i want to make is that politicians have gone to washington and be a service to the people and profession to themselves. they are not out looking to protect americans or the country. they are looking to protect their jobs, fuhr, income. they are the ones who seeking 40% raise for themselves.

as far as voting for bills f. a bill can't stand on its own without sneaking any little pet project, it doesn't need to be presented for a vote. all bills should stand alone. if they can't stand alone they don't need to be voted on. host: all right. mike's thoughts there in alabama, republican. jack in woodland, pennsylvania, democratic caller. hi. caller: hey, greta, good morning. this is the second time that they have come to a bipartisan agreement to fix major problems and republicans just can't get their act together. it's bipartisan. these people -- they write the bill. when it comes time to do it they renege on the bill. the last time they let donald trump at the last hour come in and derail the bipartisan border bill. and now this time a nonelected billionaire, the richest man in the world, comes in and puts his foot in the door. people talk about musk, he's

lying on x saying about football stayed kwrufpls. what he did was $190 million for cancer research for pediatric children is what he blocked. if they'll do that, they'll do anything. host: jack there in pennsylvania. we are going to stick with this conversation this morning. possibly after the 10 a.m. hour here in washington to see what happens on the house floor, if republicans bring so-called plan c to the floor or not around 10:00. in the meantime, want to show you more from the debate last night. let's begin with hakeem jeffries, leader of the democratic party in that chamber, followed by north carolina republican chuck edwards who represents asheville, a city that suffered catastrophic damage from hurricane helene. their arguments on the floor last night about plan b.

mr. jeffries: we laid out the challenges with with this bill, the phoniness in claiming that extreme maga republicans are about working class americans, the party of fiscal responsibility, nothing could be further from the truth. when you run up the debt and the deficit, middle class families pay, working class families pay, and we are going to defend them. house democrats are going to continue to fight for working families, middle class families, all those who aspire to be part of the middle class. for the children of america, for the seniors of america, for the unions in america, for the veterans of america, for the least, lost, and left behind, for the poor, the sick, and the afflicted, we are going to

continue to fight for everyday americans. that is is why we are voting no on this bill and to stop this reckless regressive and reactionary republican shutdown. vote no. >> keeping the government opened is is critical to the district i represent in western, north carolina. i'd like to take a moment and speak specifically to the disaster relief portion of this bill. as most of you are aware of north carolina was hit by hurricane helene, and we experienced unprecedented disaster and destruction. it's going to cost north carolina about $58 billion to rebuild. this storm was the most deadly in north carolina's history. we lost 126,000 homes that were

either damaged or destroyed. countless people are now homeless. mr. speaker, i need to remind you that folks in western north carolina have been paying their taxes for decades that have gone towards funding disasters in every other part of this country, from california to the midwest to the gulf coast without argument. but, mr. speaker, now north carolina needs our help. they need the help of this body. host: from the floor last night republicans and democrats debating the way forward on averting a government shutdown. we are now approaching 14 hours until the government deadline expires. 12:08 a.m. eastern time on saturday. we have not heard what the plan

is. but speaker mike johnson says he told reporters this morning when he came in that there is one. and that he expects the vote to happen. stay here on c-span throughout the day for live coverage of the house floor, the debate, and possible vote on avert ago government shutdown -- averting a government shutdown. we'll say goodbye here now on the "washington journal." we'll continue to watch here on c-span, c-span.org or our free video app c-span now. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2024] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy visit ncicap.org] announcer: c-sn your unfiltered view of government. we're funded by these television companies and more. including midco.

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to stop paagof a three-month continuing resolution that was negotiat ang congressional leaders. the new measure was defeated last night by a vote of 174-235. 38 republicans voted againstt. that bill needed a 2/3 majority to pass. speaker johnson this morning told reporters they had a plan for a vote. that's from nbc's capitol hill correspondent. in order to bipass the 2/3 requirement, that legislation would need to go through the house rules committee. but typically the chamber has to wait at least one day to vote on the measure after it clears that committee. in the past, members have by passed that -- bypassed that procedure by voting to approve whereas called same-day authority, but that has yet to be done in this case. the house right now in recess. they're subject to the call of the chair. when they return, we will have live coverage right here on c-span. until then, some of the debate from last night on that funding measure that was blocked.