The Latest: Schumer says Senate on course to pass bill before funding lapses at midnight

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

68% : Come next year, Republicans will look to boost Trump's already considerable influence on the makeup of the federal judiciary in his second term.
65% : House Republicans are quickly cobbling together a new plan That could involve splitting up the previous efforts -- government funding, disaster and agricultural aid into separate votes -- with a debt ceiling vote potentially later.
56% : Ahead of expected late-night vote on government funding, Senate moves toward another vote -- on Social Security ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW The Senate is moving to a final vote on a proposal to boost Social Security payments for millions of people, potentially pushing a longtime priority for former public employees through Congress in one of its last acts for the year.
55% : The bipartisan bill would eliminate longtime reductions to Social Security benefits for nearly 3 million people who receive pensions because they worked in federal, state and local government, or public service jobs like teachers, firefighters and police officers.
54% : When asked whether Trump was briefed on the plan, Scalise replied: "The president's very interested in how his administration will start in January.
52% : Legislation on funding government goes to Senate Legislation to avoid a government shutdown passed by the House is now heading across the Capitol, where senators are hoping to act before the midnight deadline.
50% : Trump doubles down on a debt ceiling increase Friday morning, Trump continued his insistence that a debt ceiling increase be included in any deal -- and if not, let the closures "begin now." He issued his latest demand as Speaker Johnson arrived early at the Capitol, instantly holing up with Vice President-elect JD Vance and some of the most conservative Republicans in the House Freedom Caucus who helped sink Trump's bill in a spectacular Thursday evening flop.
48% : Most took place over a weekend, when government operations were only minimally affected.
47% : And while the bill won't get to President Joe Biden to be signed into law before funding lapses, don't expect to see an impact on government operations.
47% : "Trump's done this kind of thing before, blowing up a bill at the last minute.
43% : Trump understood "exactly what we were doing, and why," Johnson said.
38% : But the day's outcome was uncertain after Trump doubled down on his insistence that a debt ceiling increase be included in any deal -- if not, he said in an early morning post, let the closures "start now."
35% : ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW "Trump has got himself a handful with Musk," said John Mark Hansen, a professor of political science at the University of Chicago.
32% : "I did not want to see a failure on the House floor for the first demand that President Trump is making.
26% : "If there is going to be a shutdown of government, let it begin now," Trump posted on social media.
24% : Trump himself sparked the longest government shutdown in history in his first term at the White House.
17% : "I think President Trump was possibly, sold a bad bill yesterday," the Colorado lawmaker said.
15% : The outcome proved a massive setback for Trump and his billionaire ally, Elon Musk, who rampaged against Johnson's bipartisan compromise, which Republicans and Democrats had reached earlier to prevent a Christmastime government shutdown. ▶ Read more about the vote and where things stand
14% : ▶ Read more about federal workers Johnson talks with Trump and jokes with Musk about being speaker Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson said he spoke with both President-elect Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk around the time of the vote on the government funding package.
10% : Trump does not fear government shutdowns the way Johnson and the lawmakers see federal closures as political losers that harm the livelihoods of Americans.

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