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Government shutdown live updates: Musk weighs in again as Republicans scramble
The federal government is set to run out of money Friday night.
With a government shutdown deadline just hours away, Republican congressional leaders are scrambling to come up with a third spending proposal.
An initial bipartisan deal was tanked earlier this week by President-elect Donald Trump and his ally Elon Musk. Then on Thursday night, the House failed to pass a revamped plan that included Trump's explosive demand that the debt limit be extended.
Thousands of federal workers could have to work without pay if a shutdown ensues. Others could be furloughed and many government services could be affected.
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Johnson says he expects another vote Friday morning
Speaker Johnson told reporters that he expects the House will be voting again soon to try to avert a shutdown.
"Yeah we're expecting votes this morning, we've got a plan," he told reporters as he arrived on Capitol Hill.
When asked if there was a new agreement, he only replied: "We'll see."
-ABC News' Emily Chang
Trump says Congress should 'get rid of' or extend debt ceiling, or else not do a deal
President-elect Donald Trump, in an early morning post on his social media platform, said Congress should either "get rid of" or extend the debt ceiling, saying his position was that "without this, we should never make a deal."
The post, which came a little after 1 a.m., was published after the House failed to pass the government funding bill Trump supported.
Trump added that the pressure is on the incumbent president, although he didn't mention President Joe Biden by name. He floated the year 2029 as a possibility for a new debt ceiling deadline.
-ABC News' Oren Oppenheim
Will House vote on another spending bill Friday?
House Speaker Mike Johnson departed the Capitol Thursday night and said "we'll see" when asked if the House will vote on another spending bill on Friday.
Earlier Thursday, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise said leaders will "keep working" and didn't specify what the next step would be.
"What exactly is in or out hasn't been decided," Scalise said.
Scalise blamed Democrats for voting down the bill Thursday, saying, "They want to try to shut it down."
Congress faces a deadline of midnight Friday to sort out funding or a government shutdown kicks in.
Musk blames Democrats for spending bill’s failure
In a series of posts Thursday night, Elon Musk blamed Democrats for the failure of the government funding plan that he pushed along with Trump.
“Shame on @RepJeffries for rejecting a fair & simple spending bill that is desperately needed by states suffering from hurricane damage!” Musk wrote.
In another, he wrote: “Objectively, the vast majority of Republican House members voted for the spending bill, but only 2 Democrats did. Therefore, if the government shuts down, it is obviously the fault of @RepJeffries and the Democratic Party. Plain & simple.”
Musk mounted a pressure campaign on House Republicans on Wednesday to vote against the bipartisan bill that Johnson intended to bring to the floor. On Thursday, 38 Republicans – most of them fiscal conservatives – voted against a stripped-down version that cut out add-ons to the spending plan but extended a suspension of the country’s debt limit.