U.S. lawmakers take high-stakes funding vote amid markets meltdown

US lawmakers geared up Tuesday for a crunch vote on a stopgap plan to avert a government shutdown that would pile more pain on the economic chaos marring President Donald Trump’s early weeks in office.
Republicans have released a bill to keep the government funded through September 30 that would give Trump the summer months to steer his agenda of tax cuts, mass deportations and boosted energy production through Congress.
House Speaker Mike Johnson hopes to advance the legislation through the lower chamber in a late afternoon vote, with Senate approval envisioned before Friday night’s midnight shutdown deadline.
It is a high-wire act for Johnson, who has to corral backbenchers who reliably vote against stopgaps — known as continuing resolutions (CRs) — because they mostly freeze spending rather than making cuts.