Tech executive <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/elon-musk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Elon </a>Musk declared that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/congress" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Congress</a> should not pass any more bills until January 20, when President-elect <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> takes office and Republicans control the House and Senate.
The demand came as Musk urged lawmakers to oppose a new <a href="https://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20241216/CR.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">continuing resolution</a> (CR) that seeks to avert a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/government-shutdown" target="_blank" rel="noopener">government shutdown</a> by the end of the week, along with a slew of additions.
&#8220;No bills should be passed Congress until Jan 20, when [Trump] takes office,&#8221; Musk <a href="https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1869461048828522999" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on Wednesday. &#8220;None. Zero.&#8221;
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No bills should be passed Congress until Jan 20, when <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDonaldTrump</a> takes office.
None.
Zero.
&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1869461048828522999?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 18, 2024</a></blockquote>
The stopgap measure, negotiated by the GOP-led house and Democrat-led Senate, would <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/congress-reveals-another-stopgap-bill-to-avert-government-shutdown" target="_blank" rel="noopener">provide</a> funds for the federal government through March 14, 2025, and give <a href="https://x.com/cami_mondeaux/status/1869167167071236572" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$100 billion in disaster aid</a>.
It also has provisions geared toward boosting farmers, health care reform, <a href="https://x.com/bresreports/status/1869180846101447119" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rebuilding</a> Maryland&#8217;s devastated Francis Scott Key Bridge, a <a href="https://x.com/jamiedupree/status/1869363001092091966" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pay raise</a> for Congress, and more.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/speaker-reveals-conversation-with-musk-about-stopgap-bill-packed-with-add-ons" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RELATED: Speaker Reveals Conversation With Musk About Stopgap Bill Packed With Add-Ons</a>
&#8220;Any member of the House or Senate who votes for this outrageous spending bill deserves to be voted out in 2 years!&#8221; Musk said in <a href="https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1869446782574645386" target="_blank" rel="noopener">another</a> post.
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Any member of the House or Senate who votes for this outrageous spending bill deserves to be voted out in 2 years!
&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1869446782574645386?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 18, 2024</a></blockquote>
In others, Musk has characterized the legislation as a <a href="https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1869455352078688696" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;crime&#8221;</a> against the American people and <a href="https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1869476312278286359" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a> that &#8220;shutting down&#8221; the government &#8220;doesn’t actually shut down critical functions.&#8221;
Musk has been appointed to help lead the new <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/department-of-government-efficiency-doge" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)</a> under the second Trump administration along with biotech entrepreneur <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/vivek-ramaswamy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Vivek Ramaswamy</a>.
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Ramaswamy issued a lengthy post to X on Wednesday saying he read the 1,547-page CR and making the case for why lawmakers should reject the legislation.
&#8220;[I]t&#8217;s full of excessive spending, special interest giveaways &amp; pork barrel politics. If Congress wants to get serious about government efficiency, they should VOTE NO,&#8221; he <a href="https://x.com/VivekGRamaswamy/status/1869407887983821089" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
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I wanted to read the full 1,500+ page bill &amp; speak with key leaders before forming an opinion. Having done that, here&#39;s my view: it&#39;s full of excessive spending, special interest giveaways &amp; pork barrel politics. If Congress wants to get serious about government efficiency, they…
&mdash; Vivek Ramaswamy (@VivekGRamaswamy) <a href="https://twitter.com/VivekGRamaswamy/status/1869407887983821089?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 18, 2024</a></blockquote>
Musk <a href="https://x.com/VivekGRamaswamy/status/1869407887983821089/quotes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">replied</a>: &#8220;The more I learn, the more obvious it becomes that this spending bill is a crime. It even includes funding for the worst illegal censorship operation in the entire government (GEC)!!&#8221;
Lawmakers who oppose the CR rallied around the comments by Musk and Ramaswamy, pressing their colleagues to oppose the measure. It appears the CR would need bipartisan support to pass.
A divided Congress has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/johnson-led-house-passes-bill-to-avert-government-shutdown-with-dem-support" target="_blank" rel="noopener">leaned</a> on multiple CRs in recent years, including <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/house-vote-continuing-resolution-government-shutdown/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">last September</a>, when lawmakers failed to agree on spending bills under the normal appropriations process.
Journalist Chad Pergram <a href="https://x.com/ChadPergram/status/1869469269248950597" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that Fox News was told by a member of House GOP leadership &#8220;that Musk &#8216;is not helping. He has bigger fish to fry than picking a fight with House Republicans.'&#8221;
Fox News host Lawrence Jones <a href="https://x.com/LawrenceBJones3/status/1869484867932848169" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a> to X on Wednesday afternoon that he &#8220;just spoke&#8221; with Trump and the president-elect &#8220;is &#8216;totally against&#8217; the proposed CR.&#8221;

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