The resolution was intended to be a "very skinny, very simple" stopgap solution, but it was complicated by disaster relief needs related to the devastation caused by Hurricanes Helene and Milton. Weekend discussions also hit a snag by looping America's farmers into the spending package, which will offer a one-year extension of the farm bill, according to Politico.
But party members have been less than thrilled by the developments. Missouri Representative Eric Burlison called the continuing resolution a "total dumpster fire" in an interview with C-SPAN.
"I think it's garbage. This is what Washington, D.C., has done, this is why I ran for Congress to try to stop this," Burlison told the nonprofit broadcaster. "Sadly this is happening again. I think that it's shameful that people that celebrate DOGE coming in -- and yet we're going to vote for another billion dollars to be added to [the] deficit. It's ironic."