DEBT PIG DEAD: GREEDY PIGS GO UP IN FLAMES OVER CONTINUING RESOLUTION
"THANK YOU to ELON MUSK and the millions of follows on the X and the internet who instantly responded hourly calling Congress to turn around the wholesale rape of taxpayers being put forth in the so-called Continuing Resolution which included trillions of dollars in inflation boosting boondoggles. That giant debt pig is dead, " says Eugene Delgaudio, president of Public Advocate.
House Republicans have reached an agreement on a pathway to stave off a looming government shutdown - and President-elect Donald Trump is calling on all members of the conference to pass it as soon as Thursday night.
The new funding deal would keep the government's lights on for three months, re-up farm aid, add a two-year suspension of the debt limit until Jan. 30, 2027, and replenish disaster relief, while cutting out other aspects of a prior deal that went up in flames on Wednesday, according to the 116-page bill's text.
"Speaker Mike Johnson and the House have come to a very good Deal for the American People," Trump announced on Truth Social.
"All Republicans, and even the Democrats, should do what is best for our Country, and vote 'YES' for this Bill, TONIGHT!"
House Appropriations Committee Chairman Thomas Cole (R-Okla.) and Rep. Stephanie Bice (R-Okla.) confirmed to reporters around 3:30 p.m. that "there is an agreement," without elaborating after exiting the day-long deliberations in the speaker's office.
The earlier deal ran more than 1,500 pages and was killed by heavy lobbying from tech billionaire Elon Musk, his Department of Government Efficiency co-chair Vivek Ramaswamy and other fiscal hawks in the House.
Lawmakers could have a vote in the House as soon as 6 p.m., sources told The Post, though its unclear whether the bill will be approved by the Rules Committee or put immediately on the floor.
Due to House rules, a proposal that doesn't pass through the committee will need to garner two-thirds support from the lower chamber, meaning some Democrats will have to cross the aisle to vote in favor of the funding extension.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) had hunkered down in his office through Thursday with a slew of Republican lawmakers filtering in and out...