Congress has failed to pass a spending plan backed by President-elect Donald Trump.
US Vice President-elect J.D. Vance has blasted the Democrats for rejecting a spending plan supported by Donald Trump, claiming they are trying to prevent the incoming president from “negotiating leverage” in the first year of his new term in the White House.
The current federal funding is due to expire at midnight on Friday, leaving the government on the brink of a shutdown.
The Democrats on Thursday rejected the new spending plan, known as a continuing resolution (CR). Thirty-eight Republicans also voted against it. The bill failed by a vote of 174-235.
“The Democrats just voted to shut down the government even though we had a clean CR because they didn’t want to give the president negotiating leverage during the first year of his new term,” Vance told reporters straight after the vote.
On Wednesday, US President-elect Trump dismissed a previous bipartisan funding deal, which had been struck to prevent a shutdown just days before the Christmas break. Republicans balked at the proposed package, claiming it was bloated and full of Democratic policy priorities. Tech billionaire Elon Musk slammed the measure in dozens of posts on X, describing it as “criminal.”
Instead, Trump urged lawmakers to pass a new package that included an extension of government funding until March and a two-year suspension of the debt limit into January 2027, adding trillions more to the federal government’s $36 trillion debt.
The Trump-backed bill failed just hours after it was assembled, with Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson pledging to come up with another solution before government funding lapses at midnight on Friday.
Republicans have voiced opposition to increases in government spending, while Democrats voted against the bill because they argued the extra borrowing would be used to pass tax cuts for the wealthy.
“They’ve asked for a shutdown and I think that’s exactly what they’re going to get,” Vance claimed.
If lawmakers fail to approve a spending bill or extend the deadline, the US government will begin a partial shutdown that would affect millions of federal employees and the services they provide.
While essential services such as border protection, in-hospital medical care, law enforcement and air-traffic control continue to operate, the shutdown would affect a vast number of operations, from court proceedings to travel and food safety inspections.
Federal workers could go without pay, expecting they would be paid back in full once the government reopens.
The last US government shutdown took place in December 2018 and January 2019 during Trump’s first White House term and was the longest in the country’s history.
Business as usual in the D.C. (District of Criminals..).
Nothing is done, nothing will change, except more money given to Osrael and the Ukraine under the ‘J3w$ supporting J3w$ of Greater Israel’ and it’s genocide.
The Mossad, Israeli Government and Nutanyahu (real name Mielkowski) have been running the U.S. Government since 22 November 1963!
BTW- are you giving relatives and friends the ‘Gift of Family Tree History’ via DNA tracing? Don’t bother!
Know that ALL DNA Family Tree tracing companies are owned by J3w$, and that such DNA tracing is ILLEGAL in Israel.
Why?
Because such DNA testing would show and prove that the Israelis are NOT the Israelites of the Old Testament (Torah).
Neither do the British Royal Family…that would show the REAL ‘Roots of Royalty’…
Besides that, your DNA profile is then sold by the Zionist / J3wi$h-owned DNA Family Tree Companies to other third parties that use the info for profiling YOU!
Hence; ever wondered why your life and health insurance premiums have gone up, or been cancelled completely?
Ah yep. Business as usual.
There’s a reason it’s called “The Swamp”.
A clear message that the US is a cooperation and has zero consideration for its people.
Again CNN’s view it is Elon Musks fault. Saying Trump and Musk are the problem. The deficits were caused by Biden’s policies. Trump isn’t even in office until 20 January 2025.
Cutting down on government expenditure and allowing the citizens more in their pocket along with profit regulation on the have to have like food, energy and proper justice will allow the people to be the most prosperous.
https://edition.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-government-shutdown-12-20-24/index.html
The Marxists are quiet prepared to continue trashing their country to spite Trump.