There will probably be no vote on Speaker Johnson’s spending invoice after President Trump and Elon Musk raised considerations concerning the decision on Wednesday.
And the home isn’t coming again in for votes tonight. pic.twitter.com/fckzlclgzy
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) December 18, 2024
Johnson’s latest CR to avert a ‘authorities shutdown’ this Friday not solely fails to handle conservative considerations but in addition reportedly contains main coverage modifications, equivalent to a congressional pay elevate, a carve-out for lawmakers to choose out of Obamacare, and funding for controversial State Division censorship applications.
It’s not a “stopgap” spending invoice. Cease calling it that. It’s an enormous change to federal coverage.
Contains:
* First Pay Elevate for Congress in 15 Years
* Permits Congress to choose out of Obamacare and be part of federal staff’ well being plans (this was a MAJOR level of competition throughout…
— Matthew Boyle (@mboyle1) December 18, 2024
Speaker Johnson’s CR contained a piece primarily mandating a courtroom to “quash or modify any authorized course of directed to the supplier for a Home workplace if compliance…would require the disclosure of Home information of the Home workplace.”
This CR is placing in a piece that permits them to “quash or modify any authorized course of…if compliance with the authorized course of would require the disclosure of Home information…”
Home information = “any electronic message or different digital or information communication”
They’re additionally making use of… https://t.co/YHt9nIOXuH pic.twitter.com/iIaOhrxN9n
— Jon Herold (@patel_patriot) December 18, 2024
Elon Musk ripped Johnson’s spending invoice in a tweetstorm on Wednesday.
This shouldn’t be funded by your tax {dollars}! https://t.co/8H6zBjptPE
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 18, 2024
President Trump joined Elon Musk and rejected Johnson’s spending invoice.
Probably the most silly and inept factor ever carried out by Congressional Republicans was permitting our nation to hit the debt ceiling in 2025. It was a mistake and is now one thing that have to be addressed.
In the meantime, Congress is contemplating a spending invoice that might give sweetheart provisions for presidency censors and for Liz Cheney. The invoice would make it simpler to cover the data of the corrupt January 6 committee—which achieved nothing for the American individuals and hid safety failures that occurred that day. This invoice would additionally give Congress a pay improve whereas many People are struggling this Christmas.
Rising the debt ceiling isn’t nice however we’d reasonably do it on Biden’s watch. If Democrats received’t cooperate on the debt ceiling now, what makes anybody assume they’d do it in June throughout our administration? Let’s have this debate now. And we must always cross a streamlined spending invoice that doesn’t give Chuck Schumer and the Democrats all the pieces they need.
Republicans wish to help our farmers, pay for catastrophe reduction, and set our nation up for fulfillment in 2025. The one manner to do this is with a short lived funding invoice WITHOUT DEMOCRAT GIVEAWAYS mixed with a rise within the debt ceiling. Anything is a betrayal of our nation.
Republicans should GET SMART and TOUGH. If Democrats threaten to close down the federal government except we give them all the pieces they need, then CALL THEIR BLUFF. It’s Schumer and Biden who’re holding up support to our farmers and catastrophe reduction.
THIS CHAOS WOULD NOT BE HAPPENING IF WE HAD A REAL PRESIDENT. WE WILL IN 32 DAYS!
An announcement from President Donald J. Trump and Vice President-Elect JD Vance:
Probably the most silly and inept factor ever carried out by Congressional Republicans was permitting our nation to hit the debt ceiling in 2025. It was a mistake and is now one thing that have to be addressed.…
— JD Vance (@JDVance) December 18, 2024
