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Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia took to X after the announcement about a deal.

She criticised the lack of information about the bill's specifics from congressional leaders and the rush to bring it to the floor on Thursday night, just hours after its release.

"A vote tonight on a new gov funding bill? Do we get to read it first?" she wrote. "Do the American people get to read it? Or do we pass it first to see what’s in it and how much it cost the American people?"

She added that reporters on Capitol Hill seem to know more about the developing situation than current lawmakers.

Cai Pigliucci
Reporting from Capitol Hill

The stakes couldn't be higher.

Congress is set to leave Washington tomorrow, the holidays are looming and - if lawmakers can't pass a spending bill in just under 32 hours - the US government will shut down.

All day long, Republicans had been going in and out of Speaker Mike Johnson's office, followed by a massive scrum of reporters asking whether the government will shutdown.

Now, Republicans say they've got a deal. But the question on everyone's mind on Capitol Hill is: Will it stick?

Democrats are meeting to discuss next steps, and Johnson will likely need their help to get anything passed. I was told by Democratic sources earlier that party leader Hakeem Jeffries has been pushing hard for unity in the face of Republican discord - and it is unlikely they will want to help Republicans fix their mess after Trump's party scuttled their most recent deal.

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President-elect Trump has weighed in calling it a "Success", after he and billionaire Elon Musk helped to tank the original bipartisan deal. But Johnson has already lost at least one vote: Congressman Chip Roy said it's a "Hard no" from him, since he's against a suspension of the debt limit.

We will see what comes next as Johnson prepares to put his latest proposal on the floor tonight. He has a razor-thin Republican majority in the House of Representatives, and so he has very little slack to work with.

He may lose more votes from the hard-right Freedom Caucus, meaning that Republicans will once again need the help of Democrats to get this latest deal passed.

Rachel Looker
Reporting from Washington

This unresolved political dispute over US government spending dates back to September.

Facing a 1 October deadline - the end of the fiscal year - Congress passed a three-month, bare-bones continuing resolution to keep the government funded through 20 December.

Johnson pledged to his caucus that the end goal would not result in an everything-but-the-kitchen-sink spending bill ahead of the holiday recess when funding was set to expire.

But when congressional leaders released the text of the bill on Tuesday, it totalled 1,547 pages.

Republicans criticized Johnson for abandoning a simple, more basic spending bill, specifically condemning many of the left-leaning provisions that were negotiated in a bipartisan deal with Democrats.

Johnson defended the continuing resolution, putting the blame on "acts of God" for some of the added provisions, like disaster aid and assistance for farmers.

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It was pressure from Donald Trump that killed the bipartisan spending bill, but he says on social media that he fully supports the new one House Republicans have hammered out.

"Speaker Mike Johnson and the House have come to a very good Deal for the American People. The newly agreed to American Relief Act of 2024 will keep the Government open, fund our Great Farmers and others, and provide relief for those severely impacted by the devastating hurricanes," he wrote on Truth Social.

He emphasised that the bill would suspend the debt ceiling for two years - until 30 January, 2027 - which will mean that his administration will not have to contend with spending limits.

"All Republicans, and even the Democrats, should do what is best for our Country, and vote 'YES' for this Bill, TONIGHT!" he wrote.

Republicans in the House of Representatives have come to a second short-term government spending agreement, after President-elect Donald Trump and tech billionaire Elon Musk scuttled the initial bipartisan deal.

US media reports that Republican leaders had settled on a plan that would fund the American government through March.

It will also include a $110b disaster aid package, an extension of the US farm bill, additional health care provisions and would suspend the debt limit until 2027. Congress had previously suspended the US debt ceiling, but that was set to expire in January.

The previous deal had been negotiated with Democrats. This agreement did not include them, though their votes could be needed, and it still requires approval by the US Senate - which Democrats control.