After the second must-pass bill to fund the government failed in the House of Representatives Thursday night, a conservative member who voted against the spending bill called for a new path forward.
Republican and Democratic leadership in the House and Senate drafted a compromise bill, known as a continuing resolution, to fund the government through March 14, 2025. That bill, more than 1,500 pages long, would have funded the government at current levels, but it also included other provisions, including pay increases for members of Congress, funding for a State Department agency that has reportedly targeted conservative media outlets, and a provision to give the government of Washington, D.C., control of the area around Robert F. Kennedy Stadium.
After the bill became public Tuesday night, Tesla founder Elon Musk and former Republican presidential candidate Vivek…
