In a call with a No Labels, a self-proclaimed centrist organization, Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, described his decision to vote for a Republican continuing resolution that stands to empower billionaire Elon Musk and President Donald Trump as him taking the “high road.”
Golden, speaking Thursday just before Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., announced his support for the same CR, was the sole Democrat in the House to back the GOP plan, which pairs spending cuts with funding to keep the government open for another six months. Many Democrats expressed concern that, while the passage of the CR would avoid a government shutdown, it would also further empower Trump and Musk to make unilateral cuts to congressionally authorized programs.
