(Bloomberg) – Congress cleared legislation Friday tosuspend the U.S. debt limit and provide $15.25 billion forhurricane relief under a deal between President Donald Trump andDemocrats that infuriated conservative Republicans. 

Aid to flood victims

In a 316-90 vote, the House agreed to suspend the debt limit andkeep the government open through Dec. 8 and finance aid to floodvictims in Texas and other parts of the Gulf coast.

The measure, already passed by the Senate, now goes to Trump forhis signature.

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Immediately before the vote, House Republicans were infuriatedat the sales pitch for the deal by Treasury Secretary StevenMnuchin and White House budget director Mick Mulvaney. In a privatemeeting, lawmakers hissed and groaned when Mnuchin told them, "votefor the debt ceiling for me," said Mark Walker of North Carolina,chairman of the conservative Republican Study Committee.

It was an "incredibly weak performance" by the Treasurysecretary, Walker said. Representative Dave Brat of Virginia calledMnuchin's comments "intellectually insulting." Despite thegrumbling, most Republicans voted for the deal.

To many Republicans, Trump's deal with Democrats showed thateven with their party in control of the White House and bothchambers of Congress, they can't easily accomplish their goals.They wanted spending cuts and a longer-term debt limit extension.House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin backed the bill afterinitially seeking a longer extension and then reversedcourse after Trump agreed to the short-term deal with Democraticleaders.

Republicans say Democrats may gain the upper hand innegotiations when the short-term agreements are due to expire inDecember. The agenda likely will include Trump's proposed borderwall with Mexico, his decision to end a program that lets youngundocumented immigrants stay in the U.S., and perhaps the debtlimit.

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All of the votes against the bill were cast by Republicans. ManyGOP members said they had little choice but to support the measurebecause funding is urgently needed for disaster relief.

"Of course I have to vote yes. It's my district that was hit,"said Representative Blake Farenthold, whose Texas district includesCorpus Christi and much of the area along the Gulf of Mexicodamaged by Hurricane Harvey. "The saving grace of this is we canrevisit the debt ceiling in a couple of months and maybe get somespending reforms."

Replenish depleted FEMA disaster relief fund

With Hurricane Irma bearing down on Florida and tens ofthousands suffering flood damage along the Gulf coast from Harvey,the bill will replenish the depleted Federal EmergencyManagement Agency disaster relief fund with $7.4 billion, plus$450 million in funding for the Small Business Administration and$7.4 billion for the Community Development Block Grant program toaddress housing needs in disaster zones.

The bill, H.R. 601, also extends the nation's flood insuranceprogram to Dec. 8, a high priority in the wake of Harvey andIrma.

An earlier version of the bill containing just Harvey aid passedthe House on a 419-3 vote Wednesday. Trump then surprisedRepublicans by agreeing to attach the short-term debt ceiling andgovernment funding bill, even though the final bill doesn't includefunding for a border wall. In May, Trump suggested a governmentshutdown in September would be needed to force Democrats to fundthe wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. 

Bruising December

The legislation sets up a bruising December for Congress, whichis already attempting to rewrite the U.S. tax code by the end ofthe year. December presents big opportunities for congressionalDemocrats and risks for Republicans.

Senate Minority Leader  Chuck Schumer of New York andHouse Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California had advocated fora short-term debt ceiling increase to obtain more leverage inDecember talks over a final spending deal for fiscal2018. 

Democratic leaders, knowing their votes are needed to pass adebt ceiling increase, plan to seek higher domestic spending inthose talks. They may use the occasion to push for legislationexempting undocumented immigrants who arrived in the U.S. aschildren from deportation.

Schumer said his hopes for an immigration deal have been raisedby the "happy ending" that Trump provided to the September fiscaldebate. Trump and Democrats also discussed working on a deal to endperiodic debt ceiling votes, an idea that splits Republicans.

"For many years, people have been talking about getting rid ofdebt ceiling altogether," Trump told reporters Thursday at theWhite House. "And there are a lot of good reasons to do that, socertainly that's something that will be discussed.

Lost fight

Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky lostthe fight over the length of the debt ceiling extension at a tenseOval Office meeting Wednesday, hours after Ryan denounced ashort-term debt extension in a press conference.

"The longer, the better for the stability of the credit markets.That's my strong opinion," Ryan said afterward. He added that inagreeing to the short-term extension, Trump "was interested inmaking sure that this is a bipartisan moment while we respond tothese hurricanes."