US Senate approves funding proposal that does not include Trump’s demand to raise debt limit
US Senate approves funding proposal that does not include Trump’s demand to raise debt limit
Measure averting government shutdown did not include demand by president-elect to raise debt ceiling
Summary
The U.S. Senate approved a bipartisan stop-gap funding bill to prevent a government shutdown, defying Donald Trump’s demand to suspend the debt limit.
Passed with broad support in both chambers, the bill maintains current funding levels while adding $100 billion in disaster aid and $10 billion for farmers.
Trump’s push for debt ceiling suspension, backed by Elon Musk, caused turmoil among Republicans but failed to pass, highlighting cracks in Trump’s control over the party.
Democrats criticized Musk’s influence, while House Speaker Mike Johnson called the outcome a necessary compromise for future GOP priorities.
oh no the party of fiscal responsibility will have to be fiscally responsible
Just until March 14th. Then they will vote for whatever they want.
Considering there's a fair number of R's who are anti raising no matter who, that one might be rough without gimmes for Dems, which might be a dealbreaker for even more R's. Wouldn't be surprised to see another big shutdown.
President musk is going to be mad at secretary Trump for not getting this done…
It's only delayed. Just wait for the cluster fuck.
The deficit is about the same as what we pay on interest for all that debt.
$1T
…This does not seem like an issue that should be made worse.