Elon Musk has just weighed in on the latest state-of-play.
Just before voting began in the House, the billionaire Trump ally praised Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson. This came after Musk and other conservatives criticised the top-ranking Republican for his role in crafting a first draft of the budget deal.
Musk, and later Trump, complained that the first draft of the budget deal was full of gifts to Democrats.
“The Speaker did a good job here, given the circumstances,” Musk posted on X about 15 minutes ago.
“It went from a bill that weighed pounds to a bill that weighed ounces. Ball should now be in the Dem court.”
Before voting began, Democrats slammed their Republican colleagues for obeying Musk, who they referred to as an unelected president.
On Fox News, the pundits are saying that Musk may have handed a lifeline to Johnson, after several Republicans said they would vote against his speakership in the next Congress, due to start in January.
Fox hosts are speculating that Democrats may cast votes for Johnson, crossing party lines, similar to what we’re seeing with tonight’s vote.
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