This week in Washington (12 images)

By Wade Sheridan

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson and Republican congressional leaders are unable to pass a revised stopgap funding bill. President Joe Biden signs a proclamation establishing the Frances Perkins National Monument and attends a Hanukkah holiday reception at the White House, among the highlights of this week in Washington.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., talks to the press while house members vote on his spending bill to avoid a possible government shutdown at the U.S. Capitol on Thursday. Republican congressional leaders failed to pass the revised stopgap funding bill. Photo by Annabelle Gordon/UPI

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President-elect Donald Trump and his advisor Elon Musk both showed support for the new spending bill after both initially opposing Johnson's first proposed bill. Photo by Annabelle Gordon/UPI

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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., speaks to the media at the U.S. Capitol. Photo by Annabelle Gordon/UPI

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Almost all Democrats opposed the revamped measure in which the GOP earlier had inserted a two-year suspension of the debt limit to appease Trump. Photo by Annabelle Gordon/UPI

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