House Republicans are likely to split the government funding bill in pieces and hold separate votes on different parts of the bill, Punchbowl News reports.
This would allow each piece to pass or fail on its own merit.
White House Warns Agencies of Possible Shutdown
The White House Office of Management and Budget is alerting federal agencies this morning to prepare for an imminent government shutdown, the Washington Post reports.
Stop Calling It a Landslide
Cook Political Report: “Republicans’ success at the ballot box in 2024 was decisive but not overwhelming. The GOP owes its continued control of the House to a mere 7,309 votes spread across three districts. At the presidential level, Donald Trump owes his Electoral College victory to 229,766 voters out of 155.2 million cast. And in the Senate, while Republicans easily picked off Democratic-held seats in the red states of West Virginia, Montana and Ohio, they managed to capture just one purple state — Pennsylvania — and by just 15,115 votes.”
“The results of this election, like those of 2016 and 2020, proved that neither party can claim a mandate or even a lasting and pervasive political majority. Instead, our politics is fought on the margins, with just a few thousand votes making the difference between who controls Congress and the White House. For the last 18 years, voters’ support for the status quo has been waning. Since 2006, every election but one (2012), has seen a change in party control of the House, Senate, or White House.”
How Liberal America Came to Its Senses
Jonathan Chait: “The period of left-wing illiberalism that began about a decade ago seems to have drawn to a close. The final cause of death was the reelection of Donald Trump.”
Trump Says a Shutdown Is Biden’s Problem to Solve
President-elect Donald Trump worked Friday morning to foist the blame for any potential government shutdown onto the current White House, insisting that the funding fight on Capitol Hill “is a Biden problem to solve,” Politico reports.
A Few Thoughts on the Looming Government Shutdown
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‘You Are the Media Now’
“This week’s epic fight over funding the government captures the power — and flaws — of the new information ecosystem,” Axios reports.
“Elon Musk and his followers on X proved they dominate the Republican media industrial complex — using a digital revolt to kill a spending bill, and open the door to a government shutdown. That revolt was powered by some false information, tweeted with total self-certainty.”
Said Donald Trump Jr.: “We aren’t just the media here now. We are also the government.”
House GOP Still Hasn’t Filed a ‘Plan C’
Although Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) claims he’s got a “Plan C” to avert a government shutdown, Punchbowl News notes he has not filed a new bill yet today.
That means if Johnson plans to go to the House floor this morning, he has to file that soon — or perhaps he’ll go with another bill that’s already been filed.
But here’s the wrinkle: Whatever bill he puts up would be required to pass under suspension of the rules requiring a two-thirds majority since there’s not time to go to the Rules Committee.
The most likely path would be a short-term CR until a new Congress is sworn in next month.
Senate Republicans Fume at ‘Shit Show’ in the House
Senate Republicans were left fuming Thursday over what they called the dysfunctional “shit show” and “fiasco” they witnessed in the House as two proposals to fund the government through Christmas failed this week, The Hill reports.
Said Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX): “I get weary with the drama associated with this. This is so dysfunctional and so distracting from the things we should be doing.”
Elon Musk Backs Far-Right Party in Germany
“U.S. billionaire Elon Musk, set to join President-elect Donald Trump’s administration as an outside adviser, waded into Germany’s election campaign on Friday, calling the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) the country’s savior,” Reuters reports.
“The AfD is running second in opinion polls and might be able to thwart either a center-right or center-left majority, but Germany’s mainstream, more centrist parties have vowed to shun support from the AfD at national level.”
The Shadow President
“Elon Musk has never been elected to office. President-elect Donald Trump has not tapped him to serve in any role inside the government. Until the July assassination attempt, he never even publicly supported Trump,” the Washington Post reports.
“But this week, critics of the world’s richest man say he attained a new title: ‘shadow president’ of the United States.”
Kara Swisher Wants Group to Buy the Washington Post
“Kara Swisher, the popular podcaster and pioneering tech journalist, is trying to round up a group of rich people to fund a bid for the Washington Post,” Axios reports.
“One big problem: Jeff Bezos, the owner, has shown no interest in selling.”
Trump Puts Shares of His Media Company Into a Trust
“President-elect Donald Trump transferred all of his shares in the social media company that bears his name to a trust controlled by his eldest son, according to a regulatory filing on Thursday night,” the Washington Post reports.
“Mr. Trump is the largest shareholder of Trump Media & Technology Group, and his nearly 53% stake is worth about $4 billion. Trump Media, which is losing money, has taken in just a few million dollars in revenue.”
Why So Many Republicans Defied Trump
Washington Post: “One major reason 38 Republicans opposed the bill is because of the last-minute insertion to lift the debt limit. It’s a congressional requirement that is usually necessary every couple of years, but one that no Republican likes to do and many refuse to vote for.”
“Trump had been asking Johnson to lift the debt ceiling before he takes office, two House GOP sources familiar with the request said. But one of the sources said Johnson had been reluctant because he said he doesn’t have the votes.”
Johnson Says He Has Plan C to Avoid Shutdown
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said Republicans have arrived at a plan C to avert a shutdown and the House will vote Friday morning on the legislation, The Hill reports.
Said Johnson: “Yeah, yeah, we have a plan. We’re expecting votes this morning, so you all stay tuned. We’ve got a plan.”
It’s not clear what’s in Johnson’s plan but Donald Trump late last night reiterated that any plan must eliminate the debt ceiling threat for at last the next four years.
Some Final Thoughts from David Gergen
Former White House adviser David Gergen has dementia but he left some thoughts “on the path forward for our country” that his daughter published in the Boston Globe.
On future generations: “Many in the next generation are going to the best schools and not giving back what is remotely needed by our country. We need to continue to ensure that we have people in the next generation out front pulling the wagon — innovators and people in the public sector — delivering on the goods.”
More Americans Want Quick End to Ukraine War
For the first time, a new Gallup Poll finds the share of Americans who want to see the U.S. support Ukraine reclaiming territory from Russia dropped below half, to 48%.
Republicans Urge Trump to Fire All U.S. Attorneys
“A group of Republican House members is calling on US President-elect Donald Trump and attorney general nominee Pam Bondi to fire all 93 US attorneys and immediately appoint interim replacements,” Semafor reports.
“The move would ensure any Biden-era federal prosecutors don’t automatically rise in the ranks to fill the slots of outgoing US attorneys while new ones are considered by the Senate.”
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