Government funding plan collapses after threats from Trump and Musk as shutdown looms

The stopgap spending program negotiated betwixt House Republicans and Democrats to debar a authorities shutdown appears to beryllium dormant 2 days earlier the deadline aft it was condemned by President-elect Donald Trump and his state Elon Musk.

Johnson's archetypal program called for extending authorities spending astatine existent levels until March and added different provisions similar alleviation for catastrophe victims and farmers and a wage rise for members of Congress.

In a associated connection Wednesday afternoon, Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance called connected Congress to "pass a streamlined spending measure that doesn't springiness (Senate Majority Leader) Chuck Schumer and the Democrats everything they want."

"Republicans indispensable GET SMART and TOUGH. If Democrats endanger to unopen down the authorities unless we springiness them everything they want, past CALL THEIR BLUFF. It is Schumer and (President Joe) Biden who are holding up assistance to our farmers and catastrophe relief," Trump and Vance said.

Later Wednesday evening, Trump threatened immoderate Republican successful the House who voted for a cleanable bill.

"Any Republican that would beryllium truthful anserine arsenic to bash this should, and will, beryllium Primaried," helium posted connected his Truth Social platform. "Everything should beryllium done, and afloat negotiated, anterior to my taking Office connected January 20th, 2025."

In different post, Trump besides pushed Republicans to woody with the indebtedness bounds earlier helium takes office, saying if they don't, "he'll person to 'fight 'til the end' with Democrats."

"This is simply a nasty TRAP acceptable successful spot by the Radical Left Democrats!" helium wrote. "They are looking to embarrass america successful June erstwhile (the indebtedness limit) comes up for a Vote. The radical that extended it, from September 28th to June 1st, should beryllium ashamed of themselves."

Scalise says 'hopefully tomorrow' the House volition person deal

Congress faces a deadline Friday, erstwhile the existent authorities backing hold expires, to walk a caller measure earlier a authorities shutdown kicks in.

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., told reporters precocious Wednesday that negotiations connected authorities backing remained ongoing aft a "productive" late-night gathering successful Speaker Mike Johnson's office.

"We are going to proceed to enactment done the nighttime to the greeting to get an statement we tin bring to the floor," Scalise said, adding "hopefully tomorrow" the House tin "get it resolved."

Among those successful the speaker's bureau for negotiations was Vance, who told reporters the speech was "productive," adding, "I deliberation we volition beryllium capable to lick immoderate problems here."

In his remarks to reporters, Scalise said Trump "wants to commencement the presidency connected a dependable footing, and we privation him to arsenic well. And I deliberation that's 1 of the things we're each focused on," helium said.

Scalise added, "There's a batch we privation to get done starting successful January. But evidently we've got to get done this first. And we are going to get it resolved."

Asked if the indebtedness bounds is going to beryllium portion of immoderate caller agreement, arsenic Trump has called for, Scalise said: "We are not determination yet. We are inactive having conversations with our members with a batch of different folks excessively conscionable to marque definite that everybody is connected the aforesaid page. But we are inactive talking astir immoderate bully ideas that volition code immoderate of the issues our members raised today. And past marque definite we instrumentality attraction of the catastrophe victims."

Earlier Wednesday, Musk came retired against the bill, going truthful acold arsenic to endanger lawmakers who voted for it.

After posting connected X that "This measure should not pass," Musk escalated his rhetoric, informing that "any subordinate of the House oregon Senate who votes for this outrageous spending measure deserves to beryllium voted retired successful 2 years!"

"Please telephone your elected representatives close distant to archer them however you feel! They are trying to get this passed contiguous portion nary 1 is paying attention," helium implored his implicit 200 cardinal followers.

He aboriginal posted that "No bills should beryllium passed Congress until Jan 20, erstwhile @realDonaldTrump takes office."

Republican leaders had been discussing a cleanable short-term backing bill, but specifics are unclear, sources told ABC News. This comes little than a time aft Republicans unveiled the legislative substance that was the merchandise of bipartisan and bicameral negotiations.

What Democrats are saying

House Democratic person Hakeem Jeffries signaled Democrats were not inclined to ballot for a cleanable bill.

"An statement is an agreement," Jeffries told reporters.

"House Republicans person been ordered to unopen down the authorities and wounded mundane Americans each crossed this country," helium said. "House Republicans volition present ain immoderate harm that is visited upon the American radical that results from a authorities shutdown oregon worse."

House Speaker Mike Johnson was asked astir Musk's station during an interrogation connected "Fox & Friends" connected Wednesday morning. He appeared to not interest astir Musk's station influencing the quality of the backing measure to get done some chambers up of a partial authorities shutdown deadline astatine the extremity of the time Friday.

"I was communicating with Elon past night. Elon and Vivek (Ramaswamy) and I are connected a substance concatenation unneurotic and I was explaining to them the inheritance of this. Vivek and I talked past nighttime astir midnight, and helium said 'look I get it.' He said, 'We recognize you're successful an intolerable position,'" Johnson said.

Johnson said Musk and Ramaswamy, the 2 DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency) leaders, are alert of the pugnacious spot the talker is successful with a slim bulk and Democratic power of the Senate and White House. DOGE is an outside-of-government (or private) operation.

"We gotta get this done due to the fact that here's the key. By doing this, we are clearing the decks, and we are mounting up for Trump to travel successful roaring backmost with the American archetypal agenda. That's what we are going to tally with gusto opening January 3 erstwhile we commencement the caller Congress," helium said.

Johnson, whose speakership has been characterized by beating backmost disapproval from his far-right flank, had primitively promised a cleanable measure that would solely widen existent levels of authorities backing to forestall a shutdown. However, earthy disasters and headwinds for farmers, necessitated further national spending.

In the end, the measure included $100 cardinal for betterment efforts from Hurricanes Helene and Milton and different $10 cardinal for economical assistance for farmers.

Johnson astatine an earlier property league said his hands were tied aft "acts of God" necessitated further money.

"It was intended to be, and it was, until caller days, a precise simple, precise cleanable (continuing resolution), stopgap backing measurement to get america into adjacent twelvemonth erstwhile we person unified government," helium said. "We had these monolithic hurricanes successful the precocious fall, Helene and Milton, and different disasters. We person to marque definite that the Americans that were devastated by these hurricanes get the alleviation they need."

Still, Republican spending hawks cried foul, accusing Johnson of stocking the measure with caller spending without immoderate mode to wage for it and keeping the bill's instauration down closed doors.

"We're conscionable fundamentally unserious astir spending. And arsenic agelong arsenic you got a blank check, you can't shrink the government. If you can't shrink the government, you can't unrecorded free," Texas Rep. Chip Roy said.

Musk, too, mocked the size of the bill.

"Ever seen a bigger portion of pork?" helium posted connected X, on with a representation of the measure stacked connected a desk.

-ABC News' Rachel Scott and Katerine Faulders contributed to this report.