In a House vote, Trump's plan B spending bill fails.

On Thursday, the House Republicans were unable to obtain the necessary votes to pass a spending bill that would prevent a government shutdown by the end of the week, resulting in a defeat for President-elect Trump's efforts to unite his party in Congress.

The bill was defeated by a vote of 235-174, with 38 Republicans voting against it.

The bill failed both the fast-track method and the normal standards, with neither achieving the required two-thirds majority or 218 "yea" votes.

On the House floor, Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, criticized the funding bill and voted against it, along with 37 other Republicans.

Roy, who spent much of Thursday opposing Trump on the deal, pointed out that the measure would increase the national debt by $5 trillion, contradicting the GOP's principle of fiscal responsibility.

Roy said Republicans who voted to approve the measure lack "self-respect."

""Roy, who had opposed the first spending bill, expressed his disgust towards a party that campaigned on fiscal responsibility but claimed the proposed budget was fiscally responsible," he said."

The number of Republicans who did not comply with Trump's request to pass a new bill with a higher debt ceiling on Thursday evening could indicate future difficulties for the president, who aimed to persuade House Speaker Mike Johnson and other GOP members to align with his political agenda.

The bill was opposed by Democrats, who generally opposed the idea, as well as by fiscal conservatives within the Republican Party.

Some conservatives are against a continuing resolution that extends the funding deadline to March and maintains spending at 2024 levels, as it does not address the $36 trillion in debt and $1.8 trillion deficit in 2024. The deal Trump had proposed would have included a two-year suspension of the debt limit, which faced opposition from some Republicans.

The legislation faced opposition from Democrats, who had previously indicated their intention to vote against it on Thursday. Minority leaders spent the day criticizing Trump and Musk for interfering in the process and causing the first spending deal to fail, which was expected to pass with bipartisan support on Wednesday night.

Prior to the vote on the new bill on Thursday, Democrats demonstrated their opposition through chants of "hell no," indicating their dissatisfaction with the bill's setup.

After the bill's defeat, Johnson quickly met with a group of House Republicans who had opposed the bill in an effort to strengthen their position for a future vote on Friday.

Johnson expressed disappointment that only two Democrats voted in favor of aid to farmers and ranchers, disaster relief, and bipartisan measures that had already been negotiated and decided upon. He added that the only difference in the legislation was the proposed debt ceiling date of January 2027.

"Last spring, Democrats criticized Republicans for holding the debt limit hostage, claiming it was irresponsible."