House Republican leaders struggled to find support in their party on a bipartisan spending bill for the federal government when Donald Trump, President-elect Donald Trump, weighed heavily against it. The deal collapsed.

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The two men called for Republican leaders to reject the measure and negotiate a “cleaner” one with Democrats, which would eliminate an array of extra spending and policies.

Mr. Trump, Mr. Vance, and other lawmakers have asked that the debt ceiling be raised, as the suspension is due to end in January. This will avoid a fight over the lifting of the borrowing limit after Mr. Trump’s election.

Congress is now going back to the drawing boards and faces a deadline of Friday to pass a temporary bill in order to prevent the shutdown of the federal government.

“Republicans need to be smart and tough. “If Democrats threaten to close the government unless they get everything they want, call their bluff”, Mr. Trump posted.

The kiss of death from the president-elect capped off a day filled with anger on Capitol Hill. Republicans sifted through the bill’s text and found spending and policy provisions they were outraged by.

Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy and Mr. Trump’s advisers on government efficiency, Elon Ramaswamy and Vivek Ramaswamy denounced this spending bill.

Mr. Ramaswamy wrote on X: “It is full of excessive spending and pork barrel politics.”

Mr. Musk called it “outrageous”, and any legislator who votes in favor of it “deserves a vote out within 2 years!”

House Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana, a Republican, had hoped that he could “clear the runway for Mr. Trump” by passing this bill. However, he was forced to abandon his plans to introduce it on the House Floor in the coming week.

Louisiana Republican Steve Scalise said, “We’re looking at several options.”

Mr. Johnson went to his office in the late afternoon as Republicans furious over the content of the bill threatened not to allow him to be re-elected to the Speaker’s Chair in January.

The government also received $10 billion to help farmers, and $100 billion to aid victims of hurricanes Helene and Milton.

The bill was also stuffed with sweethearts and spending deals for Democrats. This included a legal shield to protect members of the U.S. Capitol riot committee, which investigated the riot on Jan. 6, 2021. Mr. Trump, along with other Republicans, said that the committee should also be investigated.

This measure allowed for the first pay raise in 15 years. The bill would allow a 3.8% pay increase for legislators, who earn an average of $174,000 per year.

A second provision would have allowed lawmakers to opt out of the Obamacare marketplace, and instead enroll in the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program.

The bill bears the liberal fingerprints.

One provision required the removal of the term “offender” and the replacement with the term “justice involved individual” in a federal program for workforce development.

Mr. Trump, and Mr. Vance were against the pay raises for Congressmen. They said that they would have given them “while so many Americans struggle this Christmas.”

Since 2009, the pay of legislators has stagnated.

House Democratic Leaders were not happy about the need to renegotiate a spending agreement.

Hakeem Jeffries (New York Democrat) told reporters “an agreement is a agreement” and that Republicans would “own” the consequences of a shutdown.

Senate Minority Whip Richard J. Durbin (Democrat from Illinois) said that lawmakers should not begin again. “We’ve reached an agreement.” “Let’s vote it”, he said.

Mr. Trump urged lawmakers to pass a short-term “clean” spending bill. This is known on Capitol Hill by the continuing resolution (CR). This would mean that emergency funding for farmers and disaster relief, which both Mr. Trump and Mr. Vance support, would be excluded.

Kat Cammack (Republican, Florida) said: “I believe we would have done much better with a clean CR.”

Republicans were furious at the mess of spending and targeted Mr. Johnson. If he wants to keep the speaker’s gavel at the start of the new Congress on January 3, he must have nearly all Republican lawmakers behind him.

He appeared to be in danger of losing his position as top Republican late on Wednesday, as Republicans waited to see if he could come up with a plan which would win over conservatives and Donald Trump.

Rep. Andrew Ogles, of Tennessee, floated the names of other Republican legislators who could serve next year as speaker. Rep. Thomas Massie, of Kentucky, said that he would vote for someone else than Mr. Johnson.

John Kennedy, Louisiana Republican Senator, called letting the government funding expire and resulting in a partial shut down “master class dumb.” He sympathized, however, with Mr. Johnson who was having trouble getting House Republicans united behind a plan.

“The speaker’s problem is that he has a lot free-range birds, but they are all wandering off and he cannot corral them. “President Trump will have to help him corral,” said he.