The House of Representatives did not proceed with a planned vote on Speaker Mike Johnson’s controversial spending bill after intense pushback from President Donald Trump, billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, and other Republican lawmakers.
The resolution, which many conservatives decried as riddled with liberal concessions, failed to move forward after Musk and Trump issued dire warnings to any Republican considering supporting the measure.
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