Trump Lobs Grenade Into Spending Talks, Causing Chaos In Congress

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

44% : She had nothing more to say.Republicans, meanwhile, expressed doubts that Trump's debt limit gambit would work given the precious hours left before government funding expires on Friday, the eve of the Christmas holiday break.
35% : "We have a deal with Republicans and we're sticking with it," Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer told his members on Wednesday after Trump demanded a new budget bill, according to a source familiar with his conversations.
33% : The speaker also irked Trump himself, according to Republican Senator Josh Hawley, who spoke to the president-elect earlier on Wednesday.
16% : In a statement posted online that took just about everyone in Washington by surprise, including members of his own party, Trump criticised a spending bill negotiated by House Speaker Mike Johnson and called for an increase in the nation's borrowing limit -- a controversial idea that Republicans typically use to demand concessions from Democrats, not the other way around.

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