House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York spoke out Thursday night after the House rejected a Trump-backed Republican plan to fund the federal government and raise the debt ceiling. criticized.
Jeffries accused Republicans of bowing to the demands of Trump supporter billionaire Elon Musk, but Musk's opposition to a bipartisan spending deal stalled the deal, which he announced on Thursday. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) will explore alternatives.
This second proposal failed in a lopsided vote of 174-235, with one member present voting, but the fast-track process tried by Republicans did not give them the two-thirds majority (273 votes) needed to pass the bill. was not far behind.
“The Musk-Johnson Government Shutdown Bill has been defeated in its entirety,” Jeffries posted on Blue Sky, the platform that replaces Musk’s X.
“MAGA extremists in the House Republican Party are not serious about helping working class Americans,” he continued. “They are just following the orders of wealthy donors and puppeteers.
“Unacceptable”
What happens next is unknown. The resounding defeat of Mr Johnson's partisan bill means it has no chance of passing the House of Commons, even if passed in the normal order with just a simple majority.
Unless Congress acts, most of the federal government will shut down at 12:01 a.m. Saturday.
