President-elect Donald Trump has rejected a stopgap spending plan negotiated by Congress, calling on Republicans to reject any deal that gives Democrats 'everything they want.' The deadline to pass a new funding bill is Friday, with a government shutdown looming if no agreement is reached.
Congress must pass a bill to fund the government before the end of the week. The stopgap spending plan negotiated between House Republicans and Democrats to avoid a government shutdown appears to be dead two days before the deadline after it was condemned by President-elect Donald Trump and his ally Elon Musk.
Johnson's original plan called for extending government spending at current levels until March and added other provisions like relief for disaster victims and farmers and a pay raise for members of Congress. In a joint statement Wednesday afternoon, Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance called on Congress to 'pass a streamlined spending bill that doesn't give (Senate Majority Leader) Chuck Schumer and the Democrats everything they want.' 'Republicans must GET SMART and TOUGH. If Democrats threaten to shut down the government unless we give them everything they want, then CALL THEIR BLUFF. It is Schumer and (President Joe) Biden who are holding up aid to our farmers and disaster relief,' Trump and Vance said.'Any Republican that would be so stupid as to do this should, and will, be Primaried,' he posted on his Truth Social platform. 'Everything should be done, and fully negotiated, prior to my taking Office on January 20th, 2025.' In another post, Trump also pushed Republicans to deal with the debt limit before he takes office, saying if they don't, 'he'll have to 'fight 'til the end' with Democrats.' 'This is a nasty TRAP set in place by the Radical Left Democrats!' he wrote. 'They are looking to embarrass us in June when (the debt limit) comes up for a Vote. The people that extended it, from September 28th to June 1st, should be ashamed of themselves.'Congress faces a deadline Friday, when the current government funding extension expires, to pass a new bill before a government shutdown kicks in. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-L
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