President-elect Donald Trump is “totally against” the proposed Continuing Resolution, a stopgap bill that would kick the legislative football into 2025 and avert a government shutdown before members of Congress leave the Capitol for the holidays.
Fox News host Lawrence B. Jones reported the president-elect’s feelings on the matter via X, saying, “I just spoke with the President-Elect @realDonaldTrump, and he is ‘totally against’ the proposed CR.”
A number in Trump’s orbit — including the Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, who will together head up Trump’s new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) — have panned the CR.
Ramaswamy made his thoughts known in a lengthy post, stating that he’d waited to weigh in on the issue until he’d read the 1500+ pages and could make an informed decision.
The short answer, according to Ramaswamy, was that the CR was unnecessarily bulky: “If Congress wants to get serious about government efficiency, they should VOTE NO.”
“Keeping the government open until March 14 will cost ~$380BN by itself, but the true cost of this omnibus CR is far greater due to new spending,” Ramaswamy continued, explaining some of the expenditures the CR would authorize. “Renewing the Farm Bill for an extra year: ~$130BN. Disaster relief: $100BN. Stimulus for farmers: $10BN. The Francis Scott Key Bridge replacement: $8BN.”