PoliticusUSA is unbiased and ad-free due to readers such as you. Please think about supporting our work by changing into a subscriber.
Home Republicans have unveiled Speaker Mike Johnson and Donald Trump’s clear CR to maintain the federal government open, and so they have a giant drawback.
It was instantly trashed by the 2 most vital within the appropriations course of.
The Senate has lagged behind the Home in resistance, however Sen. Patty Muray (D-WA) the Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, hammered the decision:
The Home Democratic Appropriations Committee rating member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) posted on X:
I strongly oppose this full-year persevering with decision, which is an influence seize for the White Home and additional permits unchecked billionaire Elon Musk and President Trump to steal from the American folks. My Republican colleagues have handed energy to an unelected billionaire.
…
Studying the CR invoice textual content now. Republicans are zeroing out the Poisonous Exposures Fund (to take care of veterans uncovered to burn pits, Agent Orange, and different poisonous substances) on October 1. They lower $23 billion from their very own invoice they handed final yr. You possibly can’t make these items up.
There’s a distinction between the Home and Senate Democratic positions. Within the Senate, they’re keen to postpone a authorities shutdown for a month, however Home Democrats need laws to cease Elon Musk, or they’re voting no.
Trump and Johnson thought that Democrats would associate with funding the federal government for a yr whereas Elon Musk is dismantling federal businesses and firing federal staff.
Senate Democrats nonetheless aren’t there but. This problem isn’t concerning the budgetary course of. It’s about getting Elon Musk out of the federal authorities.
The mainstream media is beginning to catch on that the federal government is about to expire of funding this week. It’s as much as Republicans to determine how they may hold the federal government open as a result of Democrats aren’t going to play alongside.
What do you consider Democrats demanding Musk be stopped? Share your opinion within the feedback beneath.
