Spending vote could move to Thursday as GOP lawmakers criticize legislation: report

The vote on the continuing resolution that would keep the government open until March 2025 may reportedly be moved to Thursday, as many GOP lawmakers in the House have criticized the bill. 

The text of the stopgap bill was released Tuesday evening and was met with criticism from members of the House Freedom Caucus. 

While the bill was set to face a vote Wednesday, it will likely be moved to Thursday, according to Punchbowl News. The timing of the House vote would likely push the Senate vote to Friday or Saturday. 

"People call me "NostraThomas" for accurately predicting @SpeakerJohnson would use the Christmas recess to force a massive spending bill through Congress," Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., said Thursday. "After claiming he would not, Johnson is embracing a D.C. tradition that's nearly as old as decorating Christmas trees."

Congress has until Dec. 20 to pass the stopgap to avert a government shutdown. 

Reps. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., and Cory Mills, R-Fla., have come out and said they would not vote for the resolution. 

The major legislation includes a bill to renew expiring health care programs, a one-year extension of the annual “farm bill” that sets agriculture and food policy, and over $100 billion for disaster aid, which would largely go to communities recovering from Hurricanes Helene and Milton, along with communities devastated by wildfires, according to Politico.

Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah., and Tesla CEO Elon Musk criticized the legislation and urged lawmakers to oppose it.

"Don’t pass the omnibus masquerading as a CR!" Lee wrote on the social media platform, X.