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Trumps POWER Controlled! House GOPS Tell Him NO & Bidens 235 New Judges
President Joe Biden Surpassed Trumps Judicial Nominee Record Leading to Cheers in Congress And 1 BOO From ONE Republican.
Trump Losing Power -Following Senates' Lead, 38 House Republicans Just Told Trump NO Amid Spending Bill Failure -
A Bipartisan Version Looked Likely to Pass Until It Was KILLED After ASSISTANT President Musk & TRUMP Urged Republicans to BLOCK It.
The Guardian 22 DEC 2024
The Democratic-led Senate confirmed Bidens 235th nomination for a federal judge. He's set to depart office after appointing one Supreme Court justice, 45 appeals court judges, 187 district court judges and a pair of International Trade Court judges, according to the report.
Senate Majority Chuck Schumer (D-NY) called the achievement HISTORIC.
Trumps Power Over Republican Party Examined Amid Spending Bill Failure
Trumps Shutdown Gamble Exposes Limits of His Power
The government shutdown showdown of December 2024 was the first big test of president-elect Donald Trumps influence over Republicans in Congress.
It was one he struggled to meet. The chaos of the last few days exposed some of the limits of his power and control of his party as he prepares to re-enter the White House.
One day after Trump derailed a bipartisan government funding bill - with a big assist from the world's richest man, Elon Musk - he issued a new demand, for a stripped-down government funding bill that would also raise the limit on how much new debt the federal government can issue to fund its spending.
It was a big ask for many congressional conservatives who have long demanded that any debt increase at least be accompanied by cuts to what they view as out-of-control government spending. And Democrats, and more than a few Republicans, rejected it.
Trumps demand was also a tacit admission that his legislative agenda, heavy on tax cuts and new military spending, was unlikely to deliver the kind of reduction to Americas enormous federal deficit that many on the right have been hoping for.
On Thursday night, this slimmed-down bill, along with a two-year suspension of the debt limit, came up for a vote in the House. Thirty-eight Republicans joined nearly every Democrat in voting it down. This amounted to a stunning rebuke of the president-elect, who had enthusiastically endorsed the legislation and threatened to unseat any Republicans who opposed it.
After Republicans and Democrats reopened communications, a new plan was hatched. Bring Thursday nights package back for another vote without the debt-limit provision. While 34 Republican budget hawks still rejected that, all Democrats who voted - wary of a government shutdown less than a week before Christmas ? jumped on board.
That ensured the bill had the necessary two-thirds majority to pass. The Senate passed it just after the midnight deadline by 85-11. On Saturday morning, US President Joe Biden signed it into law.
Republicans, in a closed-door meeting earlier on Friday, reportedly agreed to raise the debt limit without Democratic help sometime next year, before the US Treasury hits the current cap.
Blindsided and Furious Trump Turned Elon Musk Loose on House Leadership For Him to Take The Blame: Insider
According to a deep dive into how House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) managed to get most of his caucus and Donald Trump to agree on a budget package that kept the government working until March, the Washington Post is reporting that Johnson blindsided the president-elect by also negotiating with Democrats.
That, in turn, led Trump to prompt billionaire adviser Elon Musk to launch a war on the House leadership in a flurry of attacks on X that derailed the proposed deal at the time.
According to the report, while attending the Army-Navy game the previous weekend, an insider claims Trump believed he made it clear what his expectations were, which forced Johnson to make concessions to Democrats which in turn angered his caucus.
Trumps Losing Power - Republicans Give Trump the Finger
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AMERICA WAS ONCE AN INNOVATED & RESPECTED COUNTRY and THEN ALONG CAME TRUMP.....
That buzz you hear is George Washington spinning in his grave
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