President-elect Donald Trump unexpectedly withdrew support from a bipartisan agreement to avert a Christmastime government shutdown, setting off a scramble in Congress to find a new solution before Friday’s deadline. Trump’s last-minute demands, which included controversial spending provisions, sparked outrage among Democrats and even prompted criticism from some Republicans.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., right and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., left, are listen during a U.S. Capitol Hanukkah event. President-elect Donald Trump abruptly rejected a bipartisan plan Wednesday to prevent a Christmastime government shutdown . and new demands sent Congress spiraling as lawmakers are trying to wrap up work and head home for the holidays. It leaves Johnson scrambling to engineer a new plan before Friday’s deadline to keep government open.
Even the addition of much-needed disaster aid, some $100.4 billion in the aftermath of hurricanes and other natural calamities that ravaged states this year, plus $10 billion in economic assistance for farmers failed to win over the“This should not pass,” Musk posted on his social media site X in the wee hours of Wednesday morning.“My phone was ringing off the hook,” said Rep. Andy Barr, R-Ky. “The people who elected us are listening to Elon Musk.
“Republicans need to stop playing politics,” said the White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre. Meanwhile, the bipartisan package that Trump rejected extended existing government programs and services at their current operating levels for a few more months, through March 14, 2025.
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