Congress struck a deal at the last minute avoid a government shutdown over the holidaysbut in doing so, he added to an already long to-do list for President-elect Donald Trump’s first year back in office.

The funding bill keeps the government open until March 14. Even though Republicans will control the White House, House and Senate, they will again need Democratic votes to end a shutdown in less than three months.

Additionally, Trump’s demand that Congress extend or abolish the debt ceiling to take it off his plate next year failed spectacularly. On Wednesday, he threatened to challenge the election primary against “any Republican” who voted to fund the government without addressing the debt ceiling. On Friday, 170 House Republicans challenged him and did just that.

The week’s unrest foreshadows the legislative chaos that awaits Washington in the second Trump administration, as the new president faces a wide range of major deadlines and ambitions.

Sen. Ron Johnson, Republican of Wisconsin, said Republicans made a mistake in delaying funding until March 14 and should instead have approved a stopgap bill until the end of next September to set aside the Trump’s program.

“I think it’s a little stupid,” he said of the new deadline. “Don’t ask me to explain or defend this dysfunction.”

Rep. Andy Barr, R-Ky., said Friday night that the “lesson” of recent days is: “Unity is our strength. Disunity is the enemy of the conservative cause.”

He advised Trump and his team to avoid such a situation in the future by presenting legislative requests “early” so that the GOP can “air out any differences that exist” well before the deadline.

“The House needs to communicate excessively within our different factions,” Barr said. “The House needs to over-communicate with (new Senate) Majority Leader (John) Thune, and both the House and Senate need to over-communicate with the administration.”

Over the past four days, communication has been particularly poor. A day after President Mike Johnson released a first bipartisan agreement, Trump and his billionaire confidant Elon Musk blew it up. The speaker repeated three additional iterations of his plan to prevent a shutdown, finally succeeding after rejecting Trump’s most important — and last-minute — request.

“I’m concerned,” said Sen. Gary Peters, Democrat of Michigan, who faces re-election in 2026. “Obviously we’ve seen this kind of chaos over the last couple of years. So I expect this situation to continue over the next couple of years and probably get even worse.

On Thursday evening, Rep. Derrick Van Orden, Republican of Wisconsin, downplayed what he called a “disjointed process,” saying it was a natural way for House Republicans and Trump’s team to figure out ” how to communicate with each other.

“It’s going to be great. Do you know why it’s going to be great? Because now we know how to work together,” Van Orden said just before President Johnson’s Plan B went up in flames in the House.

Senator Johnson, Van Orden’s compatriot in Wisconsin, was less optimistic about the smooth advancement of the first part of the 2025 agenda.

“We have a big mess on our hands, there’s no doubt about it,” Johnson said. “That’s why I try to underpromise and hopefully overdeliver.”

In addition to a new government funding deadline and a debt ceiling that must be resolved by mid-2025 to avoid a catastrophic default, Trump and Republicans must confirm his staff through the Senate, and they want to adopt it. major bills to strengthen immigration controls and extend the expiring 2017 tax law.

“It’s not going to be boring,” Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz deadpanned when asked about the tasks Congress faces next year.

There’s also the question of Musk’s role after his role in sabotaging the original bipartisan funding deal sparked controversy on Capitol Hill.

“Many people on both sides of the aisle are deeply disturbed that a billionaire is threatening people if they don’t vote the right way,” said Rep. Debbie Dingell, Democrat of Michigan.

Last week’s tumult “portends something very ominous for next year,” Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., said after the House vote, noting that the Republican majority in the lower chamber will be even smaller next year.

“I think we’re going to face a lot of turbulence on the Republican side of the House because of the instability and chaos and disruption that Trump welcomes,” Connolly said.

He also questioned whether Republicans would be able to elect a president on January 3 with a razor-thin majority; it took 15 rounds of voting to elect a president at the start of the last Congress and some far-right Republicans are hesitant about President Johnson after his handling of the shutdown threat this week.

“So I leave very disturbed tonight about what we just experienced,” Connolly said before the House adjourned for the holidays. “I think it’s very worrying, and it’s a bad omen.”

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