Musk: Congress should not vote to extend funding | Honolulu Star-Advertiser

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  • Reliability

    40% ReliableFair

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  • Politician Portrayal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : "Trump in the past has sometimes voiced support for government shutdowns, and the longest one in U.S. history -- which stretched through 34 days in December 2018 and January 2019 -- came during his first term in office.
44% : He said the bill was necessary to keep the government operating until Trump and his fellow Republicans have full control of Congress and can fully enact promised bigger spending changes.
39% : The Tesla chief executive and world's richest person, who spent more than $250 million to help Trump get elected, said lawmakers who vote to extend government funding past Friday should be voted out of office.
33% : Trump advisers did not immediately respond to a request for comment today.
30% : Republican Senator Mitt Romney, who is retiring, said Trump needs to tell Republicans whether to support the bill or not.
26% : "They are very influential guys and people put a lot of stock in what they are saying," said House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole, referring to Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, who Trump also tapped to propose ways to cut government spending and who also voiced opposition to the deal.
18% : Democrats described Musk's proposal to pass no new legislation until Trump takes office on Jan. 20 -- which would mean a monthlong government shutdown -- as evidence that the chaos that has marked the House Republican majority of the past two years could continue into Trump's four-year term.

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