December 18, 2024 The Hitchhiker’s Guide to what happened to the interim spending bill House Speaker Mike Johnson scrapped the interim spending bill to avoid a government shutdown after Republicans including President-elect Trump urged lawmakers to reject the measure.
December 18, 2024 Trump, Musk fire back after Dem leader blames House GOP for breaking bipartisan agreement House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries blamed House Republicans for breaking a bipartisan agreement to keep the government funded through March on Wednesday.
December 18, 2024 House GOP leaders scramble for Plan B after Trump, Musk lead conservative fury against spending bill The House of Representatives has delayed a planned vote on its government funding bill, and Republican leaders appear to be discussing a backup plan.
December 18, 2024 Trump says he's 'totally against' proposed continuing resolution bill President-elect Trump came out firmly against the continuing resolution being debated by House members, saying he is "totally against" it.
December 18, 2024 'No choice': DOGE leaders rally House conservatives against 1,500+ page 'pork-fest' DOGE chiefs Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy jumped into a head on confrontation with Washington, D.C. conventional wisdom this week as they opposed a massive spending bill.
December 18, 2024 Speaker Johnson defends spending bill amid Musk, GOP opposition: ‘Impossible position’ Speaker Mike Johnson said he has spoken to Elon Musk and explained why he supports the government spending bill despite concerns regarding the deficit.
December 18, 2024 Spending bill to fund State Department agency accused of censoring, blacklisting Americans A State Department agency is set to be refunded in the upcoming continuing resolution (CR) bill despite being panned by conservatives for its alleged blacklisting of Americans and news outlets.
December 18, 2024 Republican lawmakers savage spending bill as Mike Johnson defends it: 'We gotta get this done' Conservative lawmakers speak out against a government spending measure released at the last minute ahead of a looming partial government shutdown deadline
December 18, 2024 Key Trump ally comes out against massive emergency spending plan: 'This bill should not pass' Billionaire Elon Musk says he opposes the current draft of House Speaker Mike Johnson's 1,547-page spending bill.
December 17, 2024 DOGE Caucus founding member debuts 2 bills to kick-start waste cuts in Trump term Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., is introducing two bills targeting pandemic-era fraud as part of his advocacy for government reform with the Senate's DOGE Caucus.