President-elect Trump's last-minute demand for changes to a bipartisan government funding bill threatens a partial Christmas shutdown. Congress struggles to find a solution with the deadline looming.
President-elect Donald Trump abruptly rejected a bipartisan plan Wednesday to prevent a Christmastime government shutdown , instead telling House Speaker Mike Johnson and Republicans to essentially renegotiate — days before a deadline when federal funding runs out. Trump 's sudden decision to make new demands sent Congress spiraling as lawmakers are trying to wrap up work and head home for the holidays.
It leaves House Speaker Mike Johnson scrambling to salvage a new plan, days before Friday's deadline to keep government open.The president-elect made an almost unrealistic proposal for a continuation of government funds along with a much more controversial provision to raise the nation's debt limit — something his own party routinely rejects.'House Republicans have been ordered to shut down the government,' said House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries. 'And hurt the working class Americans they claim to support. You break the bipartisan agreement, you own the consequences that follow.' Already, the bill was on the verge of collapse, as hard right conservatives and Trump's billionaire ally Elon Musk rejected the plan. Rank-and-file lawmakers decried the massive 1,500-page bill over its increased spending — which includes their first pay-raises in more than a decade — a shock after one of the most unproductive chaotic session in modern times. A number of Republicans were waiting for Trump to signal whether they should vote yes or no
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