Trump, Musk intervene to squash funding bill, threatening government shutdown

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

77% : After Trump is inaugurated, the Republican Party will control both houses of Congress and the White House for the first time since 2018.
56% : The debt limit is the total amount of money the US government is allowed to borrow in order to meet its existing obligations, including funding the military, Social Security, Medicare, tax refunds and interest on the national debt.
50% : The Democrats dropped their opposition to a freeze on $20 billion for the Internal Revenue Service, which was to be directed at stepped-up enforcement of tax collection from wealthy tax dodgers among the super-rich.
47% : It also authorized an expanded national security drone program -- in the midst of ongoing popular concern over supposed drone sightings over New Jersey and neighboring states, whipped by the media and both capitalist parties, and particularly by Trump.
44% : Such raises have been blocked since the 2008 financial collapse, out of fear of public reaction.
17% : Threatening to fund primary challengers against every member of Congress, Musk whipped up Trump's far-right followers on X, writing, "Any member of the House or Senate who votes for this outrageous spending bill deserves to be voted out in 2 years!"Trump and his fascist allies are calling for a so-called "clean continuing resolution" or "clean CR," that is, a spending bill that does not contain any other provisions besides raising the debt limit.
13% : Gloating on X following the bill's collapse, Musk wrote: "Either there is massive change or America goes bankrupt, therefore there must be massive change!"Musk and fellow billionaire Vivek Ramaswamy are informally advising Trump as part of a self-proclaimed "Department of Government Efficiency," which aims to cut $2 trillion out of federal spending.
10% : In a statement posted on their social media accounts Wednesday, Trump and Vance wrote:The most foolish and inept thing ever done by Congressional Republicans was allowing our country to hit the debt ceiling in 2025.
9% : After threatening former Rep. Liz Cheney for her role in the January 6 Select Committee, Trump and Vance wrote, "Increasing the debt ceiling is not great

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