The 1,500-page spending plan that outraged Conservatives over the last 24 hours has been withdrawn, multiple reports now show.
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, who will lead Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency in the incoming administration, voiced robust opposition to the bill early on. Late Wednesday, Trump himself Let his feelings on this matter be known.
The rebuke, which grew steadily throughout the day and culminated in a lengthy written statement from Trump delayed in the afternoon, has forced Johnson to go back to the drawing board to come up with a plan to prevent a Christmastime shutdown – and support to maintain his disordered conference, re-elected as speaker early next year.
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Trump released his full statement on Wednesday evening. In particular, he focuses primarily on the CR’s “amiable provisions” for government censors and for Liz Cheney.
The stupidest, most clumsy thing Republicans in Congress ever did was allow our country to hit the debt ceiling in 2025. This was a mistake and needs to be addressed now.
Meanwhile, Congress is considering a spending bill that would provide favorable provisions to government censors and Liz Cheney. The bill would make it easier to hide the records of the corrupt January 6 committee – which provided nothing to the American people and concealed security failures that occurred that day. This bill would also give Congress a pay raise while many Americans are struggling this Christmas.
Raising the debt ceiling isn’t great, but we’d rather do it under Biden’s watch. If Democrats won’t cooperate on the debt ceiling now, what makes anyone think they will in June while we’re in office? Let’s have this debate now. And we should pass a simplified spending bill that doesn’t give Chuck Schumer and the Democrats everything they want.
Republicans want to support our farmers, pay for disaster relief, and prepare our country for success in 2025. The only way to achieve this is a fleeting funding law WITHOUT DEMOCRATIC GIFTS combined with a debt ceiling enhance. Anything else is a betrayal of our country…
House Speaker Mike Johnson reportedly discussed a neat, ongoing solution with no extras. But right now there are fears in Washington DC that a shutdown is inevitable.
