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Donald Trump and JD Vance<\/a> injected themselves further into an escalating fight over federal spending, demanding that House Republicans scrap a plan that would avert a government shutdown within days.<\/p>\n

Trump and Vance issued a statement Wednesday insisting that Congress raise the nation\u2019s debt ceiling and cut a range of spending proposals instead of passing the package that Speaker Mike Johnson<\/a> and House Republicans had negotiated with their Democratic counterparts.<\/p>\n

The Congressional Resolution released Tuesday gives \u201cthe Democrats everything they want,\u201d the president-elect and vice president-elect said in a joint statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe most foolish and inept thing ever done by Congressional Republicans was allowing our country to hit the debt ceiling in 2025. It was a mistake and is now something that must be addressed,\u201d Trump and Vance said in their statement posted on Vance\u2019s X account<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The two also said they wanted the debt ceiling debate to occur while President Joe Biden was still the president.<\/p>\n

\u201cIncreasing the debt ceiling is not great but we\u2019d rather do it on Biden\u2019s watch,\u201d they added. \u201cIf Democrats won\u2019t cooperate on the debt ceiling now, what makes anyone think they would do it in June during our administration? Let\u2019s have this debate now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since the bill text\u2019s release on Tuesday night, Republicans started saying they would vote against the bill, especially over a lack of spending offsets and provisions like a congressional pay raise and disaster aid.<\/p>\n

\u201cRepublicans want to support our farmers, pay for disaster relief, and set our country up for success in 2025,\u201d Trump and Vance said in the statement. \u201cThe only way to do that is with a temporary funding bill WITHOUT DEMOCRAT GIVEAWAYS combined with an increase in the debt ceiling. Anything else is a betrayal of our country.\u201d<\/p>\n

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer<\/a>, in response to the statement and putting debt ceiling negotiations back into the bill, said \u201cLet\u2019s see what the House does.\u201d House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries<\/a> said that \u201cHouse Republicans have been ordered to shut down the government and hurt working class Americans that they claim to represent.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Republicans are going to have the president, the Senate and the House,\u201d Jeffries said. \u201cThey have to demonstrate the ability to govern in a responsible fashion, and if they’re going to breach a bipartisan agreement, then they own the damage that they do to the American people, entirely on their own.\u201d<\/p>\n

Democrats are unlikely to lend their votes to a stopgap funding bill if negotiated provisions like disaster aid and funding to repair the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge fall out of the agreement. This could leave Republicans in the lurch as a Friday shutdown deadline looms.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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