The furor over avoiding a government shutdown has fueled Republican calls to oust Mike Johnson from the speakership and replace him with Musk.
What's NewA number of Democrat lawmakers are referring to billionaire businessman Elon Musk as 'President Musk' after a Republican-backed government funding bill collapsed, possibly sending the government into shutdown over the holidays.President-elect Donald Trump threw his support behind a revised government funding plan from House Speaker Mike Johnson on Thursday after coming out against a previous version of the bill on Wednesday.
'When Musk was asked if he wanted to be speaker, he told the broadcaster with a laugh: 'Should I be?'The United States Constitution does not lay out any provisions suggesting that the House speaker must be a member of Congress. While the position has always been given to a House member, the lack of strict criteria essentially means that anyone who meets the requirements for the office may be considered for nomination.The House will vote on a speaker for the new Congress in January.
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