Playbook: “In every single shutdown we can remember, the party that makes the demands not only pays politically, but never gets what it wants. Never.”

“Trump didn’t get a dollar for his wall during the 35-day shutdown in 2018-2019, and he paid a political price for it. Democrats didn’t get protections for Dreamers during the shutdown fight they stoked when Trump was in office, either.”

“So what makes Republicans think that once in a shutdown, that Democrats will give them what they want and that the GOP won’t get politically crushed?”

“Republicans’ decision to abandon a congressional spending plan will cost troops their paychecks over the holidays unless some agreement is reached before Friday’s deadline to prevent a government shutdown,” the AP reports.

“House Republican leaders planned to work through the night and into Friday on a Plan C for funding the government, after abandoning their deal with Democrats and failing to pass an alternative backed by President-elect Donald Trump,” Politico reports.

“Facing a government shutdown deadline at midnight Friday, Speaker Mike Johnson is under pressure to patch together a third proposal to avert a shutdown — while enacting other priorities that include more than $100 billion in disaster aid, retaining support from Trump along with a majority of House Republicans and enough Democrats to secure passage.”

“The federal government moved closer to a weekend shutdown Thursday, after the House overwhelmingly voted down Speaker Mike Johnson’s new plan to extend the deadline despite support from President-elect Donald Trump and his billionaire adviser Elon Musk,” the Washington Post reports.

Politico: “With government funding set to expire at midnight Friday, Elon Musk and Trump lured Congress into a power struggle, demanding that Johnson abandon the bipartisan accord he struck with top Democrats this week and instead craft a bill favored by Republicans. By defeating that Trump-backed alternative, Democrats demonstrated that they won’t help him pass bills if they don’t have a seat at the negotiating table.”

Axios: “The level of GOP opposition signals that Republican leaders will have difficulty trying to bring it up under another process.”

“The final vote was 235 members voting against the bill and 174 voting in favor — with 38 Republicans voting against the measure and two Democrats voting in support.”

Punchbowl News: “House Republican leadership is going to put the bill on the floor on suspension of the rules. Any legislation considered in this manner requires a two-thirds majority for passage. With Democrats opposed, the bill will fail.”

“The GOP leadership will then try to get a rule reported out of the Rules Committee and hold a floor vote under a simple-majority threshold. It’s not clear if the Rules Committee will be able to report a rule, given its rightward membership.”

“House Democrats predict they will lose only a handful of members. But it might be enough to help Johnson pass the bill. That’s how close this vote will be. In short, a lot is up in the air.”

“If this bill fails under a rule, Johnson is in big trouble and the federal government will lurch closer to a shutdown.”

“The collapse of Congress’ spending negotiations is throwing the presidential transition and preparations for President-elect Donald Trump’s second inauguration into chaos as Washington stares down the prospect of a government shutdown just after midnight Friday,” Politico reports.