Elon Musk, a billionaire and a significant Trump supporter, stated his disapproval of House Speaker Mike Johnson’s proposed bill to maintain government funding on Wednesday.
Musk claimed that the 1,547-page law was rife with pork in his social media attacks. In addition to providing federal financing through March, the plan aims to avoid a government shutdown on Friday.
Musk stated clearly on X that this measure should not pass.
When the issue resurfaces in the spring, Republican congressional leaders have defended their plan for a stopgap budget package, claiming it will give President-elect Trump more authority over spending.
Another Trump supporter, Vivek Ramaswamy, voiced doubts about the bill Tuesday evening but did not fully oppose it.
The 1,547-page document that will provide government funding through mid-March is what I’m reading right now. I anticipate that every US senator and congressman will follow suit. On X, Ramaswamy wrote.
Although a number of Republican members voiced worries about a sizable spending package earlier this week, Trump has not responded to the budget discussion.
The one question we had after speaking with the speaker until this past weekend was how long this clean CR would stay. Then we learn that, prior to the bill’s release on Tuesday, Rep. Eric Burlison, R-Mo., told Fox News Digital, “I heard rumors over the weekend that they are negotiating a health-care package that includes PBMs.”
The term “PBM stuff” describes a clause in the law that lessens pharmacy benefit managers’ sway.
Johnson has set a vote for Friday and given lawmakers three days to read the bill. He asserts that rather than prior years’ omnibus spending plans, the bill’s enormous size is the consequence of natural disasters and other occurrences that need to be covered but are out of the government’s control.
The plan contains $8 billion to replace the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore and $100 billion for disaster aid for Hurricanes Helene and Milton.
Johnson would probably need Democratic votes to approve the plan because the GOP presently controls a one-seat majority in the House. The plan must also pass the Senate by Friday’s deadline to prevent a shutdown.
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