President-elect Donald Trump urged congressional Republicans on Wednesday to renegotiate a spending bill designed to avert a partial government shutdown.
Entering the final month of Joe Biden’s presidency, leaders of Trump’s government efficiency panel also strongly oppose the so-called continuing resolution as drafted.
The 1,547-page spending bill would increase congressional salaries from $174,000 to $243,000, continue funding a State Department agency criticized for promoting censorship, and allow lawmakers to opt out of Obamacare as government employees.
Also ripping the plan were businessmen Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, who head up the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, a presidential advisory board that will help the incoming administration weed out government waste.
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