Sen. Bernie Sanders (Iconic, I-Vt.) says lawmakers who support a continuing resolution on the newly announced year-end funding deal should be voted out, and tech mogul Elon Musk criticized.
“Democrats and Republicans spent months negotiating a bipartisan agreement to fund the government. President Elon Musk, the richest man on earth, doesn't like it. Republicans kiss the ring. “Would it be?” Sanders wrote. post on social platform X on Wednesday.
“Billionaires should not be allowed to run the government,” the prominent progressive senator added.
Sanders' comments came after Musk posted a call for the resignation of lawmakers who support the bill. Sanders previously criticized billionaires who support their policies and back President-elect Trump.
“Any Representative or Senator who votes for this outrageous spending bill deserves to be voted out within two years!” MuskI wrote it in the postWednesday.
“Call your elected officials now and tell them how you feel!” he added.Separate post. “They're trying to get this bill passed today when no one's paying attention.”
Leaders on Capitol Hill are racing to pass a stopgap funding bill called a continuing resolution (CR) to avoid a government shutdown on Friday.
The bipartisan agreement announced Tuesday night extends the funding deadline until March 14, giving the incoming Republican majorities in both the House and Senate time to discuss funding with President Trump.
Musk is set to co-lead President Trump's newly created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) with Vivek Ramaswamy. come out against In another post early Wednesday morning, he said the deal “should not have passed.”
Similarly, Ramaswamy also said Wednesday that if “we are serious about government efficiency,” the proposed deal is “full of excessive spending, special interests, and pork barrel politics.” MPs were urged to vote against the bill.
“This bill will ultimately hurt many of the people it's trying to help. Debt-fueled waste may feel 'feel good' now, but it's like dousing addicts with cocaine.” It is not mercy, it is cruelty,” Ramaswamy wrote to X.
On Wednesday, President-elect Trump and Vice President-elect Vance also said that House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) had previously negotiated a government funding package, a clean stopgap packaged with a debt ceiling increase. He urged Republicans to approve the funding bill. ) must launch torpedoes.
President Trump said Republicans who support continuing the resolution without raising the debt ceiling must face major challenges.
