Congress veering toward government shutdown after Trump, Musk sink bipartisan funding bill

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : The intervention by Trump and his advisor, Elon Musk, came after House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., negotiated a bill with Sen. Patty Murray of Washington, who leads the Senate Appropriations Committee, and her fellow Democrats who still control the upper chamber until the incoming Republican majority retakes control of the Senate in January.
44% : "Musk, who is set to have a major role in the incoming Trump administration despite the apparent conflict of interest stemming from his companies' federal contracts, suggested in a series of more than 100 posts that letting the government shut down until Trump is inaugurated on Jan. 20 wouldn't have a major effect.
36% : "After Trump and his allies came out against the bipartisan deal, House Republicans scrambled to negotiate a new bill that would meet the incoming president's demands, which include raising or eliminating the debt ceiling that limits how much the U.S. government can borrow.

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