House Republicans unsure on next steps after spending bill fails

House Republicans are unclear on what their next steps will be after the latest budget deal to prevent a government shutdown failed on Thursday.

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., indicated that the failed legislation would not move to the Rules Committee, saying "Not on this bill," according to Punchbowl News. He also said they will have to meet to find a path forward.

“There is no plan,” Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., said regarding next steps for funding the government,” The Hill reported. “Trump wants the thing to shut down.

President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance said Wednesday that Republicans could call Democrats' bluff on the government shutdown.

“Republicans must GET SMART and TOUGH," Trump and Vance wrote. "If Democrats threaten to shut down the government unless we give them everything they want, then CALL THEIR BLUFF. It is Schumer and Biden who are holding up aid to our farmers and disaster relief.”

Following the failed spending bill vote, Fox News's Chad Pergram reported Thursday that Vance said, "The Democrats just voted to shut down the government, even though we had a clean CR because they didn't want to give the president negotiating leverage during his first term or during the first year of his new term. And number two, because they would rather shut down the government and fight for global censorship bullshit. They've asked for a shutdown and I think that's exactly what they're going to get."

The final vote total on the spending bill on Thursday was 174-235, with one lawmaker voting present. A total of 38 Republicans voted against the bill. A two-thirds majority vote was needed to suspend the rules to pass the bill without going through a committee.

The House of Representatives' latest budget deal was to prevent a government shutdown on Friday. The original plan, a continuing resolution/omnibus bill, fell through on Wednesday as Republicans raised concerns about pork-filled spending.