House Republicans passed a stopgap bill to keep government funding at current levels until September. Now the measure heads to the Senate, where its fate is uncertain.

The vote sets up a showdown in the Senate over a bill Democrats criticize as giving more power to President Trump and Elon Musk.

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries and top Democrats slammed the GOP’s stopgap funding bill, warning it fails to protect Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. They accused Republicans of prioritising Trump’s agenda over the American people as the government faces a shutdown threat.

Rep. Thomas Massie, the lone Republican holdout on the government spending bill championed by President Donald Trump, has a history of angering lawmakers from both parties.

The Kentucky lawmaker was the only Republican to cross the president and vote against the government-funding bill.

The president said he would "lead the charge" in ousting the Kentucky lawmaker who is not backing a government funding bill.