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Billionaire and key Trump ally Elon Musk got here out in opposition to House Speaker Mike Johnson’s proposed invoice to maintain the federal government funded on Wednesday.
Musk attacked the invoice on social media, arguing the 1,547-page doc is stuffed with “pork.” The laws is designed to keep away from a Friday authorities shutdown and fund the federal government via March.
“This invoice shouldn’t cross,” Musk wrote bluntly on X.
Republican congressional leaders have defended their plan for a stopgap spending invoice, arguing it might enable President-elect Trump to have a better affect on spending when the query comes up once more within the spring.
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Vivek Ramaswamy, one other ally of Trump, expressed skepticism of the invoice Tuesday night time, however didn’t oppose it outright.
“Currently studying the 1,547-page invoice to fund the federal government via mid-March. Expecting each U.S. Congressman & Senator to do the identical,” Ramaswamy wrote on X.
Trump himself has not weighed in on the funds battle, however a number of GOP lawmakers had expressed skepticism of a big funding package deal earlier this week.
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“We talked with the speaker up till this weekend, the one dialogue was ‘How lengthy is that this clear CR going to be?’ And abruptly we discover out – I heard rumors over the weekend – they’re negotiating with a well being care package deal that included PBM stuff,” Rep. Eric Burlison, R-Mo., informed Fox News Digital earlier than the invoice launched on Tuesday.
“PBM stuff” refers to a provision within the invoice lessening the affect of pharmacy profit managers.
Johnson has given lawmakers three days to learn the invoice, organising a vote for Friday. He has argued that the invoice’s huge bulk is because of pure disasters and different incidents that should be paid for however are out of the federal government’s management, relatively than the omnibus spending plans of earlier years.
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The invoice contains $100 billion in catastrophe aid for Hurricanes Milton and Helene, in addition to $8 billion for the rebuilding of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore.
Speaker Mike Johnson proposed his persevering with decision to keep away from a authorities shutdown on Tuesday. (Getty Images)
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The GOP at the moment holds only a one-seat majority within the House, that means Johnson will probably need to depend on Democratic votes to cross the invoice. The laws should additionally cross the Senate by the Friday deadline to keep away from a shutdown.
Fox News’ Elizabeth Elkind contributed to this report.
