Hakeem Jeffries slams ‘laughable’ spending invoice from Donald Trump and Elon Musk
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Home Speaker Mike Johnson and congressional Republicans are scrambling to discover a new deal to avert a US authorities shutdown earlier than federal funding runs out at midnight on Friday.
The White Home Workplace of Administration and Funds has already begun warning authorities companies to organize for the worst.
The Capitol has in the meantime been wracked with confusion this morning, with members providing blended messages as they left the speaker’s workplace on the prospect of progress.
The disaster erupted after Johnson’s second congressional spending invoice, drafted on the insistence of Donald Trump to incorporate a suspension of the debt restrict and take away a variety of concessions to Democrats, was comprehensively defeated within the Home of Representatives on Thursday night time by 235 votes to 174.
The outcome was a serious embarrassment for the incoming president, Elon Musk and the GOP that leaves the federal government as soon as extra hurtling in the direction of an deadlock.
The president-elect responded by complaining in a press release: “Nearly every single House Democrat just voted against government funding and to shut down the government.
“These 197 Democrats voted against keeping the government open, disaster relief, and aid for farmers.”
Famed podcaster Kara Swisher pitching ‘long-shot’ bid to purchase Washington Submit from Jeff Bezos
Tech podcaster Kara Swisher advised Axios this week that she is making an attempt to spherical up a gaggle of rich traders to place collectively a bid to buy The Washington Submit amid its ongoing turmoil beneath Jeff Bezos’ possession.
Though Bezos has not expressed any willingness or curiosity in promoting the paper, Swisher believes that the ultra-rich Amazon founder will look to unload the Submit because of the compounding complications swirling across the outlet – a lot of which lie on the mega-billionaire’s toes.
Justin Baragona20 December 2024 18:00
Trump urges shutdown sooner somewhat than later
If there may be going to be a shutdown of presidency, let it start now, beneath the Biden Administration, not after January twentieth, beneath “TRUMP.”
It is a Biden drawback to resolve, but when Republicans will help resolve it, they’ll!
Donald Trump
Gustaf Kilander20 December 2024 17:55
Debt restrict struggle to pushed to subsequent 12 months: report
Gustaf Kilander20 December 2024 17:50
VOICES: Peter Mandelson is a raffle as US ambassador – however precisely what Trump wants
You’re residing in one of many best personal addresses in DC – the one Lutyens constructed home in North America – with its fabulous artwork assortment, swimming pool, tennis courtroom and cold and hot working servants; together with your chauffeur pushed Bentley, manicured gardens – and also you’re proper subsequent door to the vice chairman’s official residence on Massachusetts Avenue. Buying and selling that in your semi in Balham, or wherever your civil service wage has allowed you to purchase, is kind of the readjustment.
And our embassy in DC has simply been completely refurbished at a value of tens of tens of millions of kilos. Sure, there can nonetheless be a little bit of a sewery scent on the decrease floor flooring, and the hearth within the drawing room when lit invariably smokes out the entire home in order that visitors need to retreat to the terrace. However these are small particulars.
Jon Sopel20 December 2024 17:40
‘Republicans have to get onboard with President Trump’
Gustaf Kilander20 December 2024 17:20
‘Trump can sit on Truth Social all day. That didn’t persuade 38 members of Congress’
Gustaf Kilander20 December 2024 17:10
How a authorities shutdown may impression your vacation plans
A partial authorities shutdown is looming over the USA proper earlier than the vacations on account of disagreements over a spending invoice in Congress and lawmakers have till Friday night time to determine it out.
If a spending invoice lastly does go, federal companies could be funded till mid-March.
But when it reaches midnight and there may be nonetheless no deal, some federal providers might be briefly sidelined or federal employees will go unpaid.
Right here’s Ariana Baio on how a authorities shutdown may impression People’ vacation plans.
Joe Sommerlad20 December 2024 17:00
Home Republicans to fulfill to debate emergency funding technique and breaking apart invoice into 4 separate votes
Joe Sommerlad20 December 2024 16:50
Alaska Senator says she’s begun cancelling flights residence for Christmas
Republican Lisa Murkowski has been talking simply now to The Unbiased’s Eric Garcia on the chaos in Congress and tells him she has 4 flights residence for Christmas booked and has already needed to cancel one.
“I’m reading whatever you guys are writing,” she mentioned of the wrestle to remain abreast of developments.
On Elon Musk’s affect over the incoming Trump administration, Murkowski mentioned: “I guess that’s the power of an influencer. I mean, you know, you would think that there’s value in your election certificate, that we’re back here to do the work – and we will do the work.
“But this is obviously a level of influence that we saw the impact of yesterday.”
Her Kentucky counterpart Rand Paul tells The Indy that he thinks Chuck Schumer will go a spending invoice to maintain the federal government open after which kick it to the Home.
“I think Schumer eventually will pass something here, and that it’ll go over there and it’ll pass over there,” he mentioned.
Montana Democratic Senator Jon Tester was extra blunt, telling us: “Look, the House has taken orders from the unelected false president Elon Musk.
“That’s the kind of s*** you run into when you start listening to people who aren’t elected.
“They need to get their heads out of the back end of whoever they got it up and get the job done.”
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders provides: “You have Elon Musk, an unelected official telling Republicans what they have to do and threatening to primary them if they don’t obey his wishes, you’re really seeing the power of oligarchy and the power of big money.”
Joe Sommerlad20 December 2024 16:40
Voices: ‘Trump’s battle on the press is straight out the Putin playbook’
The incoming president and his acolytes are promising retribution for essential journalists, writes Alan Rusbridger.
It’s already having a chilling impression – and poses grave threats to the way forward for the free press.
Joe Sommerlad20 December 2024 16:30
