Trump border czar Tom Homan says he wants 100,000 migrant beds, funding from Congress for massive deportation operation
President-elect Donald Trump's border czar Tom Homan said Wednesday he wants Congress to provide funding and 100,000 beds for migrants to support the largest deportation operation in history. “We need Congress to fund this,” Homan told CNN's Caitlan Collins on “The Source,” adding that since he doesn't know “what the budget is,” he doesn't know […]
Federal funding bill scrapped after Trump-boosted revolt, Rep. Scalise confirms
The pressure campaign won. A bloated Congressional funding bill that faced a massive Republican revolt backed by President-elect Donald Trump has died, House Minority Leader Steve Scalise acknowledged Wednesday night. Scalise told reporters that a spending package that was supposed to fund the government through mid-March has become dysfunctional, leaving Congress busy crafting a new […]
Chip Roy says REPUBLICANS denied these 3 simple requests for Speaker Johnson’s funding bill
Last night, Speaker Mike Johnson announced the long-awaited policy. 1,547 pages A short-term funding bill that was said to be announced by the end of last week. Republican lawmakers and DOGE's Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy have fiercely opposed many of the bill's additional provisions, which would only add to the nation's already mounting deficit. […]
McConnell on funding turmoil: 'Oh, this is the way it's going to be next year'
Outgoing Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) on Wednesday night after President-elect Trump threw year-end spending discussions into disarray by opposing a stopgap spending bill negotiated by Congressional leaders. , quipped that Republicans could be in further turmoil next year. Shortly after President Trump urged Republicans to break the deal between House Speaker Mike Johnson […]
‘An Early Test’: Trump Administration’s Spending Bulldogs Sound Alarm Over GOP’s Federal Funding Bill
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 […]
Musk, Ramaswamy And Republican Officials Urge House GOP To Kill Johnson’s Federal Funding Bill
(center left) U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) speaks to reporters. (Photo: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) / (R-top) Businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, co-chair of the newly announced Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). (Photo: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) / (R-Medium) Tesla CEO Elon Musk, newly announced co-chair of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). (Photo: Anna Moneymaker/Getty […]
Jeffries suggests Democrats will oppose a 'clean' funding bill after Johnson's plan falters
House Majority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York indicated Wednesday that Democrats would oppose any federal spending bill that departs from the bipartisan agreement announced the day before, warning Republican leaders of risking a government shutdown. He accused them of breaking the agreement. In a short statement, Jeffries called out the growing conservative backlash against […]
MAGA allies join DOGE pile against Speaker Johnson's funding bill
Since House Speaker Mike Johnson released the 1,547-page funding bill Tuesday night, several allies of President-elect Donald Trump have been leading a pressure campaign to block the continuing resolution. Johnson's CR has been the focus of scrutiny from lawmakers and MAGA allies alike, with tech mogul Elon Musk and former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy […]
Johnson hit with possible speakership rivals as conservatives rebel over government funding plan
Exclusive: House Republicans, who have criticized Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) for his handling of government funding negotiations, have already begun naming potential challengers, sources told Fox News Digital. Two Republicans told Fox News Digital that in early talks about alternatives, House Majority Whip Rep. Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), He said […]
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy lambaste funding bill, Speaker Johnson insists they’re still friends
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson may be in the DOGE House. Billionaire entrepreneurs Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy rebelled against House Republican leadership on Wednesday, furious over stopgap measures to avert a government shutdown and urging rank-and-file Republicans to actively shut down the government. was encouraged. “This bill shouldn't pass,” Musk bluntly posted on […]