{"id":138766,"date":"2024-12-19T12:13:08","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T05:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=138766"},"modified":"2024-12-19T12:13:08","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T05:13:08","slug":"trump-demands-government-shutdown-after-elon-musk-rants-over-stopgap-funding-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=138766","title":{"rendered":"Trump demands government shutdown after Elon Musk rants over stopgap funding bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"main\">\n<div data-testid=\"nsc-wrapper-support-us\">\n<div class=\"hydrate-root\" data-component=\"SupportNSCNative\" data-loading=\"lazy\">\n<div class=\"sc-hez36s-0 jBfdop\">\n<div class=\"sc-hez36s-1 hKRbzg\">\n<h3 data-testid=\"support-nsc-title\" class=\"sc-hez36s-2 cKIkhp\">Your support helps us to tell the story<\/h3>\n<div class=\"sc-hez36s-8 dWUzhG\">\n<div class=\"sc-hez36s-13 doTReP\">\n<div class=\"sc-hez36s-12 iGXncB\">\n<div>\n<div data-testid=\"support-nsc-collapsed-content\" class=\"sc-hez36s-7 hKrnEq\">\n<p class=\"sc-1uza6dc-0 hlPMMm\">From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it&#8217;s investigating the financials of Elon Musk&#8217;s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, &#8216;The A Word&#8217;, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1uza6dc-0 hlPMMm\">At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1uza6dc-0 hlPMMm\">The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.<\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"sc-1uza6dc-1 euTVax\">Your support makes all the difference.<\/strong><\/div>\n<p><button class=\"sc-hez36s-4 bErStG sc-hez36s-14 ggPDxB\"><span data-testid=\"support-nsc-dropdown-mobile-open\" class=\"sc-hez36s-6 jWuFRk\"><span class=\"sc-hez36s-5 vaVnf\">Close<\/span><svg class=\"sc-eaj12q-0 kMSyUM sc-culv3z-0 jIhHch sc-a5wy94-0 jhbxrS\"><use href=\"#ee6613da15642019\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><button class=\"sc-hez36s-4 bErStG sc-hez36s-15 gibhIT\"><span data-testid=\"support-nsc-dropdown-tablet\" class=\"sc-hez36s-6 jWuFRk\"><span class=\"sc-hez36s-5 vaVnf\">Read more<\/span><svg class=\"sc-eaj12q-0 kMSyUM sc-culv3z-0 jIhHch sc-a5wy94-0 jhbxrS\"><use href=\"#ee6613da15642019\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> and Vice President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/jd-vance\">JD Vance<\/a> have demanded that Republicans in the House and Senate effectively force the federal government to shut down rather than pass a stopgap funding bill that would have kept agencies running at current funding levels through the end of March 2025.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement posted to X (formerly Twitter) by Vance, the incoming president and vice president groused that the bill doesn\u2019t raise the nation\u2019s statutory debt ceiling and accused legislators of \u201cconsidering a spending bill that would give sweetheart provisions for government censors and for Liz Cheney\u201d \u2013 because the continuing resolution drafted by House Speaker Mike Johnson and his leadership team would have kept the executive branch from using a loophole in the law to obtain phone and other communications records from members of Congress and aides who are supposed to be protected by congressional immunity. <\/p>\n<p>They also complained about the bill not declining an annual pay increase for members of Congress who haven\u2019t gotten a raise in nearly two decades, and urged passage of \u201ca streamlined spending bill that doesn\u2019t give Chuck Schumer and the Democrats everything they want.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRepublicans 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. Anything else is a betrayal of our country,\u201d they said, adding a baseless accusation that it is President Joe Biden, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and other Democrats who are holding up passage of the funding bill, which includes billions in disaster relief and aid to farmers. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Democrats threaten to shut down the government unless we give them everything they want, then CALL THEIR BLUFF,\u201d they said. <\/p>\n<p>The White House responded Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRepublicans need to stop playing politics with this bipartisan agreement or they will hurt hardworking Americans and create instability across the country,\u201d said White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre. \u201cPresident-elect Trump and Vice President-elect Vance ordered Republicans to shut down the government and they are threatening to do just that\u2014while undermining communities recovering from disasters, farmers and ranchers, and community health centers.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cTriggering a damaging government shutdown would hurt families who are gathering to meet with their loved ones and endanger the basic services Americans from veterans to Social Security recipients rely on,\u201d the press secretary continued. \u201cA deal is a deal. Republicans should keep their word.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The move by Trump and Vance against the stopgap funding bill comes less than three days before the government is set to run out of money. It also followed an hours-long stream of ranting X posts by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/elon-musk\">Elon Musk<\/a>, the world\u2019s wealthiest man, who threatened to fund primary challengers against any Republican who supported the bill that had been drafted and put forth by Republican leaders in the GOP-controlled House.<\/p>\n<p>Musk downplayed the consequences of shutting down the government in a post on X.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShutting down\u201d the government (which doesn\u2019t actually shut down critical functions btw) is infinitely better than passing a horrible bill,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>Musk also quote-tweeted a post saying that the government should be closed until January 20, when Trump would be sworn in. <\/p>\n<p>The Tesla executive who also served as a major funder of Trump\u2019s campaign and whom the president-elect tapped to lead a Department of Government Efficiency, also threatened that lawmakers who vote for the bill would lose their jobs. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny member of the House or Senate who votes for this outrageous spending bill deserves to be voted out in 2 years!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The move sent Congress into chaos, with the House postponing votes until Thursday. For most of the negotiations, Trump stayed mostly silent, which prompted Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah to criticize him. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Trump has comments on almost everything going on around the world,\u201d he told <em>The Independent<\/em>. \u201cWe have a big vote coming up this week. What would he like us to do?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The government was set to run out of money this week. If Congress does not act, the government would go into a shutdown where all but the basic services would be slashed, including military pay. <\/p>\n<p>Democrats currently control the Senate but are set to hand over control to the Republicans on January 3rd. Musk\u2019s call would essentially ask the government to only reopen once Trump has assumed control, meaning the government would be closed for 33 days.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/us-politics\/trump-government-shutdown-musk-stopgap-bill-b2666829.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. 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