A potential government shutdown looms as President-elect Trump rejects a bipartisan funding plan, citing concerns over increased spending and the debt ceiling. Republicans struggle to find common ground on the omnibus bill, facing pressure from both hard-right conservatives and rank-and-file lawmakers.
Live updates: A potential government shutdown looms as Trump rejects a federal funding plan . The plan combined the continuation of government funds with a controversial provision to raise the nation’s debt limit, something his own party routinely rejects. The decision came as Republicans faced an impasse over a package to fund the government before the Friday midnight deadline.
The omnibus bill is a massive, all-encompassing measure that lawmakers generally had little time to digest – or understand – before voting on it. There are a lot of spending measures all rolled into one, and sometimes that’s what happens if the dozen separate funding measures haven’t worked their way through the congressional spending process in time. Congressional Democrats were quick to condemn Trump’s rejection of the spending measure, saying failing to fund the federal government would cause hardship for many people but not wealthy Americans like the president-elect. “Why do the billionaires — Musk, Ramaswamy, Trump — want to shut down the government for Christmas?” Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut said in a post on the social platform X. “Because they still get paid.” Murphy also said a shutdown would mean difficulties for “troops, TSA agents and other federal workers who won’t get paid,” adding: “It’s their kids who will suffer this Christmas.” The government funding deal was on the verge of collapse, as hard right conservatives rejected the increased spending, egged on by Trump’s billionaire ally Elon Musk who rejected the plan almost as soon as it was released late Tuesday night. Rank-and-file lawmakers complained about the extra 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 n
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