President-elect Trump and Elon Musk have joined forces to oppose a government funding bill, raising the specter of a partial shutdown. Their combined influence is putting pressure on Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson to find a way to pass the bill.
President-elect Donald Trump opposes a government funding bill backed by Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson . Elon Musk is also against the bill, calling it full of wasteful spending. Trump and Musk's opposition adds significant weight to Musk's sustained effort throughout the day to tank the 1,547-page bill.
A growing number of Republican lawmakers have taken Musk's side, potentially forcing Johnson to pass the resolution using a process known as 'suspension' of the traditional House rules process. If there is no legislation passed by the House and Senate and signed by the president to fund the government after Friday night, the federal government would start enacting a partial shutdown that could include employee furloughs
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