Speaker Mike Johnson and House Republican leaders on Thursday rallied conservatives to scrap a bipartisan funding agreement between billionaire Elon Musk and President-elect Donald Trump. , struggled to develop alternative plans to keep the government functioning.” NBC News I will report.
“With less than 36 hours left until the federal government’s deadline for a widespread shutdown and employee furloughs, they have no plan or even a concept of what’s next.”
playbook“If Johnson were to propose a clean CR with a simple debt ceiling increase, Democrats, who for 14 years have harshly criticized Republicans for playing politics with the possibility of a federal debt default in mind, would really vote against it. I wonder?”
“Of course, there are other parties involved here, and most Republicans are typically lukewarm to the idea of raising the debt ceiling, let alone eliminating it. They advocate doing nothing and allowing the federal government to shut down for a month until President Trump takes office.
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