Congress flirts with a holiday shutdown as GOP objects to bipartisan spending bill

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

68% : Johnson told "Fox and Friends" Wednesday that with this bill, "we are clearing the decks and we are setting up for Trump to come in roaring back with the America-First agenda.
42% : Government funding runs out at the end of the day on Friday and Congressional leaders had hoped to pass a roughly 1,500 page bipartisan spending bill that includes other year-end priorities like farm subsidies, disaster aid and a pay raise for lawmakers.
33% : But GOP lawmakers and Trump advisers like Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy on Wednesday pushed House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., to back out of the bipartisan deal.
30% : Musk spent the day campaigning against the bill on social media, personally thanking lawmakers who said they won't support it, and calling on Congress not to pass any bills until Trump takes office.

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