Good evening. I'm Jeff Bennett. On the Navaz is away. On the news hour tonight, chances of a government shutdown fester as partisan politics and influence from President-elect Trump hamper budget negotiations in Congress.

Veteran Republican Congressman Patrick McHenry weighs in on the state of play on Capitol Hill

as he departs Washington.

Frankly, we're in a situation where basic governance that is like turning the light switch

on in the morning is complicated.

And the spread of the bird flu raises safety concerns among dairy farmers and their workforce.

Welcome to the News Hour. House Republicans are pushing a new proposal tonight to avoid a government

shutdown in an effort to meet President-elect Donald Trump's last-minute spending demands. It's all

unfolding after Mr. Trump rejected the original bill earlier this week, with billionaire Elon Musk leading the charge against

it online. Our Lisa Desjardin has the latest and joins us now. Lisa, it's good to see you. So

what did Republicans change in this last-minute revision? This has been another whirlwind of a day

here on Capitol Hill and a pivotal one, both for government

function itself and also for Speaker Mike Johnson.

Let me go over the bill that Speaker Johnson and House Republicans unveiled just over an hour

or so ago.

Here's what's in it.

It would extend government funding for another three months.

It would add billions in funding, about $100 billion in funding for disasters, including

recent hurricanes.

Now, this is new.

It would extend the debt ceiling for two additional years.

The debt ceiling is likely to hit in the spring of next year in the Trump administration. It would also extend

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