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House Republicans scrapped a continuing resolution to fund the government amid fiery blowback and threats by President-elect Donald Trump to primary any GOP lawmaker “stupid” enough to approve it.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) introduced the stopgap funding bill Tuesday and by Wednesday night, GOP leadership had ditched the measure that would fund the government through March 14 and avoid a December 21 shutdown.
“There’s no new agreement right now,” House Majority Leader Steve Scalise said late Wednesday after the bill – which included billions of dollars in spending – was scrapped.
“If Republicans try to pass a clean Continuing Resolution without all of the Democrat ‘bells and whistles’ that will be so destructive to our Country, all it will do, after January 20th, is bring the mess of the Debt Limit into the Trump Administration, rather than allowing it to take place in the Biden Administration,” Trump weighed in on Truth Social.
“Any Republican that would be so stupid as to do this should, and will, be Primaried. Everything should be done, and fully negotiated, prior to my taking Office on January 20th, 2025,” he warned.
The more than 1,500-page bill was blasted and Johnson was raked over the coals as Elon Musk also weighed in, calling it an “insane crime against the American people.”
Other Republicans spoke out against Johnson’s “dumpster fire” offering.
Mike Johnson takes major heat over ‘dumpster fire’ budget bill: ‘Opposite of what DOGE’s trying to do’ https://t.co/fBakJDjaGG via @BIZPACReview
— BPR based (@DumpstrFireNews) December 17, 2024
In another statement this week, Trump called out the “ridiculous and extraordinarily expensive” CR.
The bill contained added spending for disaster aid, extending healthcare policies, and even pay raises for members of Congress.
Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance issued a joint statement Wednesday that drove another nail in the CR’s coffin.
A statement from President Donald J. Trump and Vice President-Elect JD Vance:
The most foolish and inept thing ever done by Congressional Republicans was allowing our country to hit the debt ceiling in 2025. It was a mistake and is now something that must be addressed.…
— JD Vance (@JDVance) December 18, 2024
“Republicans want to support our farmers, pay for disaster relief, and set our country up for success in 2025. The only way to do that is with a temporary funding bill WITHOUT DEMOCRAT GIVEAWAYS combined with an increase in the debt ceiling,” they said. “Anything else is a betrayal of our country.”
With Democrats fuming that Republicans need to “keep their word” on avoiding a shutdown, many GOP lawmakers said the fiasco has sealed the deal for them on Johnson’s future as speaker.
“I’m not voting for him,” Kentucky GOP Rep. Thomas Massie said on Wednesday, according to CBS News. “This solidifies it.”
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