Posted on 12/18/2024 3:46:24 PM PST by 11th_VA
House GOP leaders appear to be searching for a backup plan after an initial bipartisan deal to avoid a partial government shutdown on Friday was buried in an avalanche of conservative opposition.
The legislation angered conservatives in both the House and Senate – as well as President-elect Donald Trump's pick to co-chair his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Elon Musk.
As Musk called for lawmakers who supported the bill to lose their seats, Trump's presidential transition team released an official joint statement by Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance opposing the initial iteration of the deal.
The bill was expected to get a vote sometime on Wednesday afternoon, but a planned round of late afternoon votes was canceled. Instead, senior Republicans are huddling in the speaker's office to chart a path forward – less than 24 hours after the legislation was unveiled.
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., told reporters while leaving Johnson's office in the early evening, "There will be a new CR likely tomorrow. They are negotiating right now. But there will be no votes this evening." ..
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MUSK IS A GREAT ADVISOR.
Do a bill with no Sh+tocrat input. Pass it on party lines.
GOOD RIDDANCE..DING DONG THE PIECE OF SH*T BILL IS DEAD!! They gotta remember ONE thing..they work for US, they do what WE want, not the other way around
Congress gifting themselves a massive salary increase in the face of all the other pork is outrageous.
This is wonderful thing. Elon Musk & Vivek Ramaswamy are turning the tide of business as usual. Their sucess bodes very well for Doge and for America. Hip Hip Hooray.
Thanks for the link - but I’m blocked
I wasn’t happy with the concept of undercutting the first year of DOGE but what really angered me was a provision that would have made it impossible for the Justice Department to investigate Jan 6th.
Great to have some ADULTS in town, finally.
This part disappoints me. We don't need to increase the debt limit, we need to decrease the debt. When you've dug yourself into a hole, you won't get out by digging deeper.
Mikey realized that his days of hob-nobbing with the Potus and Elon are about to come to a swift end, and he’ll be on the back bench chasing down lost social security checks again.
Better wise up, Mikey. And as Natalie Winters said, “Grow a pair”.
I don’t think the Senate did even one spending bill this year - all they did was focus on judges; knowing we would end up with a $h!+ sandwich before Christmas - and here we are
Musk is just guessing.
And remember, too...we don’t have the Senate or the White House.
The rebuke, which built steadily through the day and culminated with a long
written statement from Trump in the late afternoon, has forced Johnson back to
the drawing board on a plan to prevent a Christmastime shutdown — and
maintain the support of his chaotic conference to be reelected as speaker early
next year.“Your elected representatives have heard you and now the terrible bill is
dead,” Musk boasted on X, the social media site he owns, after he spent the
day blasting the legislation. “The voice of the people has triumphed!”Johnson has not outlined a backup plan, and multiple people familiar with the
real-time conversations said the next step remains unclear, as leaders would
need significant support from both parties — and Trump — to pass a funding
extension.
Lol, that’ll be the day.
They just get 1600 pages of deep state gimmes and f you’s and laugh at us all the way to the bank.
They pass anything about them and insider trading yet lol?-)
Nice work DOGE and message sent regarding DJTs cabinet picks/appointments. Good luck to these Senate Republican weaklings should they decide to obstruct.
Yes indeed :) It’s good to have some real ADULTS getting ready to run things.
What the House should do is strip out all of the crap that doesn’t cut muster for the DOGE standard, push off all of the non-super-mandatory stuff until at least January 21st, make sure its less than 5 pages & cuts lots of spending, and tell Schumer to take it or leave it. If the Senate doesn’t pass it and/or President vetoes it then the shame is on them for the Shutdown.
What the politicians must understand is that we’re well over 100x more fearful of pork & poison pills (like this provision that would have made it impossible for the Justice Department to investigate Jan 6th) than we are of any Shutdown. Johnson promised no more games like this. So, now he needs to deliver, or else he’ll be quickly on the John Boehner Paul Ryan Kevin McCarthy express train to the pages of Shame in American history.
Good point.
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