House Republicans passed a bill to fund the government, but only after the Trump administration said it would ignore it and cut as it pleases.

House Republicans passed legislation to keep the US government open past a Saturday shutdown deadline, daring moderate Democrats in the Senate to block the measure over objections it fails to constrain Elon Musk’s cost-cutting crusade.

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.

President Trump blasted Rep. Thomas Massie, after the Kentucky congressman said he intends to vote no on proposed spending legislation.

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

Chaos broke out during a House hearing on Tuesday after a Republican committee chair addressed Rep. Sarah McBride (D-DE), the first openly transgender lawmaker elected to Congress, as a man, and shut down the hearing altogether when confronted over it,

Republican Rep. Keith Self insisted on referring to Rep. Sarah McBride, the first openly transgender member of Congress, as "Mr. McBride," but she and fellow Democrats didn't miss a beat.

House Republicans are hoping to vote Tuesday on a stopgap bill aimed at funding the federal government through September 30 and preventing a shutdown after Friday.

House Republicans are slated to vote Tuesday on their spending bill that would fund the government at current levels through September 2025.