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{"id":3865,"date":"2024-12-19T14:00:42","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T14:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/what-were-watching-republicans-scramble-on-government-funding\/"},"modified":"2024-12-19T14:00:42","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T14:00:42","slug":"what-were-watching-republicans-scramble-on-government-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/what-were-watching-republicans-scramble-on-government-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"What we&#8217;re watching: Republicans scramble on government funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\ud83d\uddd3\ufe0f <b>What we&#8217;re watching<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2024\/12\/18\/congress\/trump-and-vance-on-the-cr-00195220\"><u>injected themselves further<\/u><\/a> into an escalating fight over federal spending, insisting that Congress raise the nation\u2019s debt ceiling and cut a range of spending proposals. <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/113676468224007678\"><u>In a post to Truth Social<\/u><\/a>, Trump dismissed the possibility of a clean CR, and said any Republican that votes for one \u201cwould be so stupid as to do this should, and will, be Primaried.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Trump ally Elon Musk has also rallied GOP lawmakers against the bill, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2024\/12\/18\/congress\/musk-opposes-funding-bill-00195021\"><u>posting on X<\/u><\/a> \u201cthis bill should not pass.\u201d GOP leaders are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/12\/18\/johnsons-spending-gop-problems-2025-00195216\"><u>now considering a plan B<\/u><\/a> to avert a shutdown deadline on Friday.<\/li>\n<li>Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2024\/12\/19\/congress\/speaker-musk-00195302\" target=\"_blank\">is floating Musk for House Speaker<\/a>. &#8220;Nothing would disrupt the swamp more than electing Elon Musk . . . think about it . . . nothing\u2019s impossible. (not to mention the joy at seeing the collective establishment, aka \u2018uniparty,\u2019 lose their ever-lovin\u2019 minds),\u201d Paul said on X. <\/li>\n<li>Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2024\/12\/19\/congress\/ernsts-doge-like-bill-00195301\" target=\"_blank\">is introducing the DRAIN THE SWAMP Act on Thursday<\/a> to overhaul the federal workforce as she embraces Trump\u2019s so-called Department of Government Efficiency.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2024\/12\/18\/congress\/reconciliation-immigration-taxes-trump-00195065\"><u>In a letter Wednesday<\/u><\/a> led by Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) and House Freedom Caucus Chair Andy Harris (R-Md.), the two said they support an initial effort aimed at border security policies and a second bill that would extend the Trump administration tax cuts while \u201cincluding necessary spending reforms and cuts.\u201d They hope to use the reconciliation process next year to pass Trump&#8217;s agenda on a party-line vote.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>\ud83d\udea8What\u2019s up with the nominees?<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tulsi Gabbard and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump&#8217;s picks to be director of national intelligence and secretary of Health and Human Services, respectively, often talked like fairly conventional Democrats when they ran for that party\u2019s presidential nomination. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2024\/12\/18\/congress\/tulsi-gabbard-rfk-jr-confirmation-00195122\"><u>Few Republicans seem to be sweating that political history<\/u><\/a>.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Trump has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2024\/12\/18\/congress\/trumps-interior-department-00195262\"><u>landing teams<\/u><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2024\/12\/18\/congress\/labor-department-landing-team-set-00195279\"><u>set up<\/u><\/a> for the Labor and Interior departments.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\uddd3\ufe0f What we&#8217;re watching President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance injected themselves further into an escalating fight over federal spending, insisting that Congress raise the nation\u2019s debt ceiling and cut a range of spending proposals. 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