Trump-Backed GOP Funding Plan Fails in House as Shutdown Nears

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : On Thursday, Trump told NBC News that abolishing the debt ceiling entirely would be the "smartest thing" lawmakers could do.
51% : " House Speaker huddled with other Republicans in his office much of Wednesday evening and during the day Thursday trying to work out a temporary funding plan that Trump would accept, as they closed in on the shutdown deadline. , the world's richest man and a key adviser to Trump, had savaged Johnson's earlier deal in a daylong series of social media posts Wednesday, rousing his followers against the bill and declaring that any lawmaker who supported it should be defeated in the next election.
41% : " Read More: Government funding will lapse Friday night without congressional action.
37% : Trump had pressured GOP lawmakers to abandon an earlier bipartisan deal and insisted Republican leaders add a provision waiving or raising the federal debt limit before he takes office.
20% : But the bill included more than $100 billion in disaster aid and had other sweeteners, such as a pay raise for lawmakers, drawing the ire of Musk, who Trump has named to lead an advisory Department of Government Efficiency to bring major expenditure cuts.

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