Some House Republicans privately furious at Musk, Ramaswamy after government shutdown talks implode
Some House Republicans are privately furious after Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy were involved in Congressional discussions on government funding and led attacks to block a bipartisan agreement. Several Republicans, who were granted anonymity to speak freely about the sensitive situation, were either unhappy with the men's involvement or believed it exacerbated long-standing weaknesses within […]
The drone mystery: What does the government really know?
The United States has seen an unprecedented increase in unidentified drones flying at night, and no one seems to know their purpose or where they're coming from. And the government's apparent lack of knowledge has led to some interesting theories. “This guy got this nuke,” Keith Marinak of 'Pat Gray Unleashed' said while describing a […]
Shutting Down the Government Costs the Economy Almost Nothing
There's no reason to fear a shutdown With the funding authorization set to expire at 12:01 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 21, the U.S. economy will hardly notice if the federal government has to shut down. of Five weeks of closure starting at the end of 2018 The government shutdown, which was extended until January 2019, […]
Barbara Lee: Allowing Musk to 'run our government really has grave consequences' for Americans
Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) on Thursday accused billionaire Elon Musk of derailing a year-end spending deal. “Let's put this in context: This was a bipartisan agreement to move forward and keep the government open through March,” Lee said on CNN. “That unelected billionaire Elon Musk has now spoken out, tweeted from his cell phone and […]
Trump-Endorsed Plan To Avert Government Shutdown Fails In House Vote
member of the House of Representatives rejected On Thursday evening, House Speaker Mike Johnson's new stopgap funding bill passed 233-174. Thirty-eight Republicans, including Texas Republican Rep. Chip Roy, oppose raising the debt ceiling without significant spending cuts or allowing $110 billion in disaster aid without offsets. For this reason, they voted against the new continuing […]
Hillary Clinton says Republicans are taking orders from ‘world’s richest man’ to shut down government
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton weighed in on Thursday about Elon Musk's influence on the spending drama on Capitol Hill. “If you just want to catch up: Republicans, at the behest of the world's richest man, intend to shut down the government over the holidays, and just in time for the end of the […]
Trump-backed bill to avoid government shutdown to see imminent House vote
The House of Representatives is expected to vote soon on a bill backed by President-elect Trump to avert a government shutdown. The move comes after two days of chaos in Congress as lawmakers battled over the future direction of government spending, including a battle between President Trump and allies Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy. also […]
Dems say 'hell no' to GOP Plan B on government funding, debt ceiling
House Democrats rallied overwhelmingly against a second assault on the government funding bill by Republicans, arguing that it would let the bill die on the House floor and force Republican leaders to return to the table to negotiate a bipartisan compromise. There is. Gathered behind closed doors in the basement of the parliament building, party […]
‘SUCCESS In Washington’: Trump Endorses House GOP Plan To Fund Government
President-elect Donald Trump supported an agreement by House Republican leaders to fund the government through March 2025 and raise the debt ceiling through 2027. President Trump's support for a House Republican spending bill to avert a government shutdown follows his decision Wednesday to cut House Speaker Mike Johnson's initial stopgap funding. invoicewas heavily criticized by […]
House Republicans strike agreement to forestall government shutdown — and Trump wants it to pass tonight
House Republicans have reached an agreement on a path to avert a looming government shutdown, and President-elect Donald Trump is calling on all members of the chamber to pass it as soon as Thursday night. The new funding agreement keeps the government's lights on for three months, re-increases agricultural aid, adds a two-year suspension of […]