A US government shutdown was barely averted after Trump and Musk paused bipartisan talks
Senate voted 85 to 11 to pass the temporary spending bill just after midnight Saturday morning, avoiding the danger government shutdown before the holiday. Chairperson Joe Biden signed the bill and received House approval Friday afternoon.
The 11th hour agreement took place after the President was elected Donald Trumpwith help of allies and billionaires Elon MuskBipartisan congressional budget negotiations earlier this week failed. After criticism from the pair, the Republican Party ousted the Speaker of the House Mike Johnsonhis bill, forcing him to rework the law in just a few short days. The spending bill would fund the government through March 14, potentially opening up another contentious approval process in the first months of Trump’s second term.
Friday night, Musk took to his social media page, X, formerly Twitter, to celebrate the House’s decision to pass the amended bill.
in one parcel commented on how many pages the old bill was compared to the new one, Trump and Musk supported one bill, he spoke directly to his followers saying: “Your actions have turned a bill weighs into a bill weighing several ounces! Now you are the media.
“VOX POPULI,” he continued, “VOX DEI”—Latin for the voice of the people is the voice of God.
Although Trump’s opposition this week resulted in a very different final bill, he did not get everything on his wish list. Despite his request for Republicans to suspend the debt limit, dozens refused, in a “rare breach by a group of Republicans who have traditionally favored Trump’s policies unquestioningly and try to avoid challenging him,” New York Times‘ Catie Edmondson And Andrew Duehren report.
The final bill includes more than $110 billion in disaster relief funding, $10 billion in economic assistance for farmers and a one-year extension of the farm bill, money earmarked to replace the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Maryland collapsed after a cargo ship crashed. in March and expanded a Covid-19-related measure to expand the use of telemedicine in Medicare — among other measures.
