Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk, the nominees of President-elect Donald Trump to create the new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), sounded the alarm on Wednesday about the Republican-led House of Representatives' federal funding bill.
Announced by Speaker of the House Mike Johnson. Full text On Tuesday, a 1,547-page continuing resolution (CR) was filed that provides funding to the federal government through March 14, 2025. Cost-cutting hawks in the incoming Trump administration rallied against the bill on social media and urged members of Congress to read its contents. They did so before voting. (Related article: The craziest thing that happened was Congress snuck into big Christmas spending)
The 1,547-page, $110 billion-plus House “Continuing Resolution” aimed at averting a government shutdown includes:
・Members' salaries will increase from $174,000 to $243,000 a year.
-DC's new football stadium
-Page 72 of the “Pandemic Preparedness and Response” policy
-…— Department of Government Efficiency (@DOGE) December 18, 2024
Ramaswami slammed This bill is a debt-driven spending equivalent to “dousing addicts with cocaine.”
Musk: “This bill should not be passed.'' said.
“Have you ever seen a bigger pork?'' he said. asked At 4:17am on X, I shared a photo of the bill printed as a stack of papers on my desk.
Have you ever seen a bigger pork? pic.twitter.com/ZesFCNSNKp
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 18, 2024
I made dozens of masks. Post denounces 'terrible' federal funding bill; encourage His 207.7 million followers call their elected representatives. He also said Congress should not pass any legislation until President Trump takes office.
Call your elected representatives today and let them know how you feel.
They are trying to get this bill passed today when no one is paying attention. https://t.co/OlVJPaC4Wm
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 18, 2024
Musk warned that the bill would fund at least 12 people. Biocontainment Laboratory. The document would task these labs with research into “biological agents, including emergent infectious diseases.”
He stressed that it would also fund the suspect funds. censorship Expanded support among conservatives by extending the Global Engagement Center (GEC) for one year.
The U.S. Department of State, through GEC, helped fund the Global Disinformation Index. The index was reportedly used to create a blacklist of conservative media outlets and to stop advertisers from monetizing websites.
“The more we learn, the more it becomes clear that this spending bill is a crime,” Musk wrote. “Includes funding of the worst illegal censorship operations in the entire government (GEC)!!”
The more we learn, the more it becomes clear that this spending bill is a crime.
That includes funding some of the worst illegal censorship operations (GECs) across the government. https://t.co/P8a3m0OpJR
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 18, 2024
Ramaswami I wrote There was a lengthy explanation as to why MPs should vote 'no', saying the council's 'urgency is 100% fabricated and designed to avoid serious debate'.
The DOGE co-lead said lawmakers knew about Friday night's deadline because they “wrote it in late September,” adding that the bill could have been only 20 pages long. (Related: As Americans struggle to make ends meet, Congress sneaks its own pay increases into spending bills)
I wanted to read the full text of the 1,500-plus page bill and speak with key leaders before forming my opinion. Based on the above, my opinion is as follows. It's full of excessive spending, special interests, and pork belly politics. If Congress wants to get serious about government efficiency, they should…
— Vivek Ramaswamy (@VivekGRAmaswamy) December 18, 2024
“We are grateful for DOGE’s warm welcome at the Capitol,” Ramaswamy wrote. “This is an early test. This bill should be defeated.”
musk claimed The bill was declared “null” at 3:58 p.m., just moments before Fox News host Lawrence Jones III said President Trump said he was “totally opposed” to the bill. J.D. Vance issued a joint statement with Trump, reiterating the president-elect's opposition to the bill.
“If Democrats threaten to shut down the government if we don't give them everything they want, call their bluff,” the statement reads.
President Trump's statement announcing the initiative said that through DOGE, Ramaswamy and Musk were tasked with “reducing excessive regulation, eliminating wasteful spending, and restructuring federal agencies.”
By July 4, 2026, the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States, President Trump's DOGE duo must “advance major structural reform” of the federal bureaucracy.
