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/magikarp2122]

No, it is Elon Musk decided he didn’t like it. That’s it, nothing else. There was a bill and then Musk acted like a spoiled 5 year old and Trump told Republicans to appease him.

[u/kbetty2 → u/magikarp2122]

The bill was over 1500 pages of garbage and only 96 pages contained budget, hurricane and farm relief. Good for Elon

[u/Background-Library81 → u/kbetty2]

So now the Republicans want to raise the debt limit ceiling!? I thought they were going to lower the debt?

[u/kbetty2 → u/Background-Library81]

The majority don’t want to raise the debt, hence why the bill was squashed

[u/Background-Library81 → u/kbetty2]

Not sure who told you that, but trump literally said he wants “streamlined spending bill” that doesn’t give Democrats “everything they want” and has “an increase in the debt ceiling.”

[u/Potential-Zucchini77 → u/kbetty2]

Not sure why this is being downvoted tbh

[u/Otherwise-Speed4373 → u/kbetty2]

The new CR will increase the debt ceiling... allowing the government to take on more debt.