LIVE updates on House spending bill: Elon Musk weighs in on spending battle......

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1 hour and 4 minutes ago

Elon Musk weighs in on spending battle

The Tesla billionaire and X owner is weighing in again as lawmakers search for an eleventh-hour solution.

"Either the government should pass sensible bills that actually serve the people or shut it down!"
Musk wrote on X.

His post came shortly after Trump also urged the shutdown to "begin now" under the Biden administration rather than during his presidency if lawmakers were unable to come to an agreement.


The funding fight has been a forum for Musk to exert his political influence. Musk has become a key member of President-elect Donald Trump's inner circle, and played a role in torpedoing an original government spending plan that had bipartisan support.

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Key Headlines

1 hour and 4 minutes ago
Elon Musk weighs in on spending battle
1 hour and 5 minutes ago
As Johnson scrambles for deal, Schumer calls for return to bipartisan plan
2 hours and 21 minutes ago
Top Democrat warns Senate may not accept House bill
3 hours and 45 minutes ago
Trump says if there is going to be a shutdown, it should 'begin now'
3 hours and 57 minutes ago
Johnson says he expects another vote Friday morning

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1. Unelected drug-addled headcase says what?

Knows squat about governing but the view from his k-hole is amazing.

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2. He's a danger to the national security of America and should be treated accordingly.

Not that he will be.

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3. 3 minutes ago Johnson plans to propose individual votes on spending measures:....

3 minutes ago

Johnson plans to propose individual votes on spending measures: Sources


https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/live-updates/government-shutdown-live-updates-gop-leaders-scramble-plan?id=116956960&entryId=116987934

House Republicans will meet behind closed doors at 12:30 p.m. ET to discuss a new plan to avert a government shutdown -- as House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries says the “lines of communication have been reopened” with Speaker Mike Johnson.

According to sources, Johnson plans to propose the House take several individual votes on pieces of the slimmed-down agreement that failed on the floor Thursday night, including a continuing resolution to fund the government through March 14, $10 billion in economic assistance for farmers and $100 billion disaster relief.

Those are the core pillars of the bipartisan proposal that was tanked by Trump and Musk. It’s unclear whether Republicans will make another attempt to take up the debt limit -- Trump’s key demand -- in this latest round of votes.

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4. Jean-Pierre noted, though, that agencies began notifying employees at noon on Friday of their potential furlough in pre

24 minutes ago

White House says there's 'still time' to avert shutdown

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was asked if Americans should be prepared for the government to shut down.

"I think there's still time. We believe there's still time for that to not happen, for Republicans to do the right thing, to hold up their part of the deal and move forward with the bipartisan agreement," she said. "There's still time and our focus is keeping the government open. That's what we want to see. And we hope Republicans want to do that."
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Dec. 20, 2024.
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Asked if President Joe Biden would remain in Washington should a shutdown occur, Jean-Pierre rejected getting into hypotheticals.

"We believe, as I just said moments ago, there's still time to get to a bypass, to get to a deal here or move forward," she said.

Jean-Pierre noted, though, that agencies began notifying employees at noon on Friday of their potential furlough in preparation for a possible shutdown.

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5. 22 minutes ago Cancer research, China provisions lost from bipartisan deal

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22 minutes ago

Cancer research, China provisions lost from bipartisan deal

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Friday blasted Republicans for prioritizing Elon Musk's budget ideas over child cancer research.

Musk helped to tank a bipartisan spending bill that included over $100 million for pediatric cancer research. The second funding bill pitched by House Republicans, which failed to pass on Thursday night, did not contain those funds.

The initial compromise bill also included new policy provisions to help kids with cancer on Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid travel across state lines to receive gene therapies in other states. It also had a provision to allow studies and clinical trials for kids with a combination of drugs and treatments.

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6. 9 minutes ago House GOP weighs options for funding. Neither include Trump's debt limit demand.

Just a reminder it was Trumps LATE demand on Wednesday that started this mess!!




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9 minutes ago

House GOP weighs options for funding. Neither include Trump's debt limit demand.

According to multiple sources, Republican House leadership laid out two options at the conference meeting to fund the government.

One option is a clean continuing resolution to fund the government at current levels until March without debt limit suspension. The vote would be held under suspension of the rules, requiring a two-thirds majority.

The other choice is to hold separate votes on a clean continuing resolution to March, on additional disaster relief and on an extension of farm bill.

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., declined to provide details on what the next step is to avert a government shutdown as he emerged from the meeting.

"So, we are talking through different options," Scalise said.