Did only House Democrats vote against a spending bill on December 19, 2024, that would have kept the government open until March 2025? No, that's not true: While 197 Democrats voted no, so did 38 Republicans. The bill required a two-thirds supermajority in the House, which meant Republicans needed at least some Democratic Party support.
The claim appeared in a post on X (archived here) on December 19, 2024 which began:
🚨🇺🇸 DEMS REJECT TRIMMED SPENDING BILL AFTER GOP KILLED THEIR VERSION After Trump and Elon rallied opposition to the original 1,547-page package, Republicans offered a streamlined 116-page alternative--cutting congressional pay raises and stadium projects.
Here is what the post looked like at the time of writing:
(Source: X screenshot, with blue lines added to mark border, taken on Fri Dec 20 16:18:42 2024 UTC)
On December 19, 2024, the House of Representatives voted down HR 10515, a spending bill (archived here) that would have kept the government running through March 14, 2025 (page 3). The vote failed 174-235 (archived here).
Two Democrats voted in favor of the bill; 197 voted no. One voted "present." Republicans were not unanimous in their support: 172 voted yes, 38 voted no. One voted "present."
Here is a screenshot from the website of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives showing the vote breakdown for HR 10515:
(Source: Clerk of US House website screenshot taken on Fri Dec 20 16:46:36 2024 UTC)
Because the House suspended its rules in order to fast-track the bill, approval required a two-thirds majority (page 3, archived here).
The 116-page HR 10515 is a replacement for a 1,547-page spending bill (archived here) agreed to by Democrats (archived here). As of December 20, 2024, that original, much longer bill had not been presented for a vote.
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