House Speaker Mike Johnson Scraps Last-Minute Spending Bill That Would Keep Government Funded

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : Elon Musk, the co-head of Trump's advisory Department of Government Efficiency, said in a post on X that any lawmaker "who votes for this outrageous spending bill deserves to be voted out in 2 years."
38% : The measure released Tuesday would have extended funding through March 14, but it also included disaster aid, health care policy extenders and a pay raise for members of Congress, among other provisions.
25% : but we'd rather do it on Biden's watch," Trump and Vance wrote.
13% : At the U.S. Capitol, Vance did not answer when asked if he and Trump supported a shutdown.
4% : In a statement on Wednesday, Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance criticized Johnson's approach and said Republicans should pass "a streamlined spending bill that doesn't give Chuck Schumer and the Democrats everything they want."

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