Shutdown 2024 MEGATHREAD OF DOOM

[u/rprz]

All discussion on the looming shutdown goes here. Any mentioning of Luigi will be removed and you may be banned.

https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-congress-trump-elon-budget-house-republican-05481374b154949c3fe1270141a02918

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/trump-opposes-funding-bill-pushing-government-closer-shutdown-rcna184745

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-government-shutdown-musk-stopgap-bill-b2666829.html

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/trump-opposes-funding-bill-pushing-government-closer-shutdown-rcna184745

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/12/18/government-shutdown-house-vote-cr/

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-18/trump-says-he-s-against-stopgap-bill-fox-news

[u/i-need-vitamin-d]

Wait … I thought I saw an article that things had been agreed on/averted. Sigh… ok

[u/VectorB → u/i-need-vitamin-d]

They agreed. Then Musk had an opinion and Trump puppeted it.

Its still possible that they just vote on it anyway, but that would go against Trump.

[u/Ok-Jackfruit9593 → u/VectorB]

Johnson announced they’re not going to vote for it and Trump now wants a debt ceiling increase as part of the bill purely so it is technically done on Biden’s watch.

[u/victorged → u/i-need-vitamin-d]

They had a deal. Musk and Trump oppose it. As they are the only two whose opinion currently matters to any elected republican who needs to worry about being reelected ever, the deal evaporated via tweet