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{"id":3914,"date":"2024-12-20T13:22:23","date_gmt":"2024-12-20T13:22:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/what-were-watching-trump-and-johnson-stare-down-a-shutdown\/"},"modified":"2024-12-20T13:22:23","modified_gmt":"2024-12-20T13:22:23","slug":"what-were-watching-trump-and-johnson-stare-down-a-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/what-were-watching-trump-and-johnson-stare-down-a-shutdown\/","title":{"rendered":"What we\u2019re watching: Trump and Johnson stare down a shutdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Here\u2019s what we\u2019re watching in transition world today:<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\uddd3\ufe0f <b>What we&#8217;re watching<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>House Republican leaders <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2024\/12\/19\/congress\/republicans-scramble-for-plan-c-00195514\"><u>planned to work through Thursday night and into Friday<\/u><\/a> on a Plan C for funding the government, after abandoning their deal with Democrats and failing to pass an alternative backed by President-elect Donald Trump. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2024\/12\/19\/congress\/government-shutdown-schumer-house-00195492\"><u>urged Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to return<\/u><\/a> to the original deal.<\/li>\n<li>Trump is insistent that any deal eliminate the debt limit all together, or at least punt it until after his presidency.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Johnson and Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/12\/20\/trump-government-shutdown-johnson-00195553\"><u>are weighing the pros and cons of a shutdown<\/u><\/a>.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The blame game for a potential shutdown is already starting, with Vice President-elect JD Vance telling reporters Thursday that Democrats \u201casked for a shutdown and I think that\u2019s exactly what they\u2019re going to get.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Elon Musk\u2019s involvement in the unraveling of the funding bill <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/12\/19\/trump-musk-johnson-cr-00195477\"><u>raised questions about whether he was simply getting a head start<\/u><\/a> on his cost-cutting duties as the leader of the so-called Department of Governmental Efficiency with the blessing of Trump \u2014 or freelancing. If there were any hurt feelings between Trump and Musk, it was not apparent in the immediate aftermath.<\/li>\n<li>The collapse of Congress\u2019 spending negotiations is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/12\/19\/shutdown-trump-transition-chaos-00195393\"><u>throwing the presidential transition and preparations<\/u><\/a> for Trump\u2019s second inauguration into chaos as Washington stares down the prospect of a government shutdown just after midnight Friday.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>\ud83d\udea8What\u2019s up with the nominees?<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Senate Republicans <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2024\/12\/19\/congress\/senate-republicans-launch-maha-caucus-00195403\"><u>have launched a new caucus<\/u><\/a> to support Health and Human Services pick Robert F. Kennedy Jr.\u2019s agenda.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Trump\u2019s previous pick for attorney general, former Rep. Matt Gaetz, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2024\/12\/19\/congress\/gaetzs-revenge-00195398\"><u>is plotting revenge<\/u><\/a> for the when the House Ethics report about him is made public.<\/li>\n<li>Members of the Trump transition <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2024\/12\/19\/congress\/trump-transition-energy-department-00195309\"><u>arrived at the Energy Department on Tuesday<\/u><\/a> to meet for the first time with department leaders. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s what we\u2019re watching in transition world today: \ud83d\uddd3\ufe0f What we&#8217;re watching House Republican leaders planned to work through Thursday night and into Friday on a Plan C for funding the government, after abandoning their deal with Democrats and failing to pass an alternative backed by President-elect Donald Trump. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) 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