Republicans in the US Congress said on Thursday they had reached a new spending package that would avert a looming government shutdown – this time with the support of the president-elect. Donald Trumpwhich scuttled an earlier bipartisan version.

“There is a deal,” Republican Rep. Tom Cole, who chairs a committee overseeing the spending, told reporters.

Republicans have planned a vote at 6 p.m. in the House of Representatives, but it is not certain that they will succeed.

The House’s top Democrat, Hakeem Jeffries, called the plan “laughable.” Democrats during a closed-door meeting to discuss the bill, clapping and chants of “Hell no!” could be heard.

Republicans control the chamber with a 219-211 majority, meaning they could lose no more than three votes if Democrats unite against the bill. Democrats also currently control the Senate, and support from Democratic President Joe Biden would be needed to sign the package and avoid a shutdown starting Saturday.

If lawmakers fail to meet that deadline, the U.S. government will begin a partial shutdown that would cut off funding for everything from border control to law enforcement in the days leading up to Christmas and wipe out the wages of more than 2 million workers federal. The U.S. Transportation Security Administration has warned that travelers could face long lines at airports.

Trump urged lawmakers to vote in favor of the package. The new president has demanded that lawmakers work out the details before taking office on January 20.

“Now we can make America great again, very quickly,” Trump said in a statement.

The new plan would fund government operations for three months, until Trump is in office. White House and Republicans control both houses of Congress, according to sources familiar with the matter. It would also provide $100 billion in disaster aid and $10 billion in agricultural aid, and extend farm and food aid programs that were set to expire at the end of the year. It does not include other items that were included in the original package, such as a pay raise for lawmakers and new rules for pharmacy benefit managers.

The plan would also suspend the debt ceiling until January 2027, which could pave the way for adding trillions of dollars to the $36 trillion federal debt.

Trump’s embrace of the deal marks a softening of his earlier demand that Congress completely eliminate the debt ceiling before he returns to office.

Previous fights over the debt ceiling have spooked financial markets because a U.S. government default would cause credit shocks around the world. The limit was suspended under an agreement that technically expires Jan. 1, although lawmakers likely won’t have to tackle the issue until the spring.

When he returns to office, Trump aims to pass tax cuts that could reduce revenues by $8 trillion over 10 years, leading to higher debt without offsetting spending cuts. He has pledged not to cut retirement and health benefits for the elderly, which make up a large part of the budget and are expected to increase significantly in coming years.

Jeffries said earlier in the day that it was “premature” to discuss action on the debt ceiling.

“This is a moment that is not about the new president, nor about millionaires and billionaires, but about the harm that House Republicans will do to the American people if the government shuts down,” he said during a press conference.

Several Republicans had said earlier that they did not want to eliminate the debt ceiling unless they also cut spending. “It’s like limiting, you know, increasing your credit card limit, when you’re not doing anything to actually limit spending,” Rep. Chip Roy told reporters.

JOHNSON IN PROBLEM?

The last government shutdown occurred in December 2018 and January 2019, during Trump’s first term in the White House.

The unrest also threatened to unseat House Speaker Mike Johnson, a mild-mannered Louisianan who was unexpectedly thrust into the speaker’s office last year after the party’s right flank rejected the speaker’s at the time, Kevin McCarthy, on a government funding bill. Johnson repeatedly had to turn to Democrats for help in passing laws when he was unable to garner votes from his own party.

Several Republicans have said they will not vote for him for president when Congress returns in January, potentially setting up a tumultuous new leadership battle in the weeks before Trump takes office.

“WE MUST STAND FIRM WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO STOP THE MADNESS!! No matter what. Even if we have to elect new leaders,” Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said on social media.

Trump offered qualified support for the embattled speaker.

“If the speaker acts decisively and firmly, and gets rid of all the traps set by the Democrats, which will destroy our country economically and in other ways, he will easily remain president,” he said at Fox News Digital.