#Conservatives are typically loath to sign off on any #government spending patch aimed at averting a #shutdown, slamming those stopgaps as further evidence of a broken Washington [as they cause the breakage] stuck on a woeful fiscal trajectory.
After gleefully rejecting 4 continuing resolutions in recent months as funding talks wobbled, members on Speaker #MikeJohnson’s #RightWing flank now say #Congress needs one that lasts into next year after federal cash dries up at the end of Sept.
Their hope is that the Nov #election finally grants #GOP hardliners the necessary #leverage (read: extra votes) to enact steep spending cuts & #conservative policies across a slate of fiscal 2025 spending bills.
The flurry of actions underscores how fluid the situation in the region is as #POTUS#Biden & his team try to ultimately end the #war that has devastated Gaza.
Over the course of a few hours, the news from the #MiddleEast came into the WH Situation Room fast & furious.
Israel conducts strikes against Rafah, possibly opening invasion.
The war-is-on-off-on-again developments Mon left WH ofcls scrambling to track…what it all meant.At the end…they came to believe, each of the moves signaled less than originally met the eye, but reflected efforts to gain #leverage at the negotiating table w/a clear resolution not yet in sight.
A Pivot to #China Saved #ElonMusk. It Also Binds Him to Beijing.
#Tesla & China built a symbiotic relationship, with credits, workers & parts that made #Musk ultrarich. Now, his reliance on the country may give Beijing #leverage.