All eyes are shifting to House Republicans as Democrats harden their opposition against passing a long-term continuing resolution, which could potentially legitimize some of billionaire Elon Musk and President Donald Trump’s efforts to seize spending power and impose unilateral cuts to government programs.
Earlier this month, negotiations between Democrats and Republicans in Congress broke down after Democrats demanded that any continuing resolution reaffirm Congress’s constitutionally delegated power of the purse. Republicans, meanwhile, waffled on whether a spending bill should include the changes to government agencies that Musk, a Republican mega-donor, has pushed through with Trump’s blessing.
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