The US House of Representatives narrowly rejected a pared-down spending bill, increasing the likelihood of a government shutdown just one day before the deadline. The bill, hastily assembled after a bipartisan deal fell apart, lacked support from both Democrats and a faction of Republicans.
Thirty-eight Republicans vote against package, hastily assembled after the president-elect and Elon Musk scuttled a prior bipartisan deal
Critics described the breakdown as an early glimpse of the chaos to come when Mr Trump returns to the White House on January 20th. Mr Musk’s intervention via a volley of tweets on his social media platform X was mocked by Democrats as the work of “President Musk”. At Mr Trump’s urging, the new version also would have suspended limits on the national debt for two years – a move that would make it easier to pass the dramatic tax cuts he has promised and set the stage for the federal government’s $36tn in debt to continue to climb.
But Democrats dismissed the Bill as a cover for a budget-busting tax cut that would largely benefit wealthy backers such as Mr Musk, the world’s richest man, while saddling the country with trillions of dollars in additional debt. Some Republicans objected that the Bill would clear the way for more debt while failing to reduce spending. Congressman Chip Roy said: “I am absolutely sickened by the party that campaigns on fiscal responsibility.”
The unrest also threatens to topple Mr Johnson, who was thrust unexpectedly into the speaker’s office last year after the party’s right flank voted out then speaker Kevin McCarthy over a government funding Bill. Mr Johnson has repeatedly had to turn to Democrats for help in passing legislation when he has been unable to deliver the votes from his own party. He tried the same manoeuvre on Thursday but fell short.
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