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R-La. speaker Mike Johnson has deepened the rift of a tech billionaire with Republicans in Washington, and has rejected Elon Musk’s appeal for a brand-new budget settlement bill.
“We need to draft a new spending bill that will not significantly increase the deficit and will not increase the debt cap by $5 trillion,” Musk wrote Wednesday.
He quickly ratcheted his rhetoric and posted, “Kill Bill.”
However, Johnson said that the timeline is working against Congress and that the president’s review was not possible. Donald Trump’s The large agenda bill was unfeasible.
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Elon Musk and speaker Mike Johnson are split into President Trump’s agenda bill (Getty Images)
When asked to respond to Fox News, Johnson said, “We don’t have time for a brand new bill.”
“I want Elon and all of my friends to recognize the complexities of what we have achieved here. This extraordinary law – record savings, record tax cuts for Americans, record tax cuts for all other profits,” the speaker told reporters.
“We’ve worked on the bill for almost 14 months. You can’t go back to the drawings. You shouldn’t. There’s a great product we offer here.”
Johnson warned critics of the bill to prevent perfect people from becoming enemies of good.
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Musk wanted lawmakers to “kill” Trump’s bill. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
“We’re proud of this product. House Republicans are proud of it. We’re happy to be able to go out and explain it to everyone,” Johnson said.
Louisiana Republican I said at a press conference Previously, he was “shocked” by Musk’s criticism.
The speaker previously pointed out that Republicans are planning to codify the spending cuts identified by the Government Efficiency of Masks (DOGE) in vehicles that are different from the settlement process.
The mask is hiding violently in the law, putting Republican lawmakers in difficult places after celebrating months of working with Doge.
The large bill passed in the House and currently being considered in the Senate, advances Trump’s priorities on tax, immigration, energy, defense and debt restrictions.
It passed through houses 215-214 All but three House Republicans who have not voted “Yes.”
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House GOP leaders have pointed to their slim margins and are urging the Senate to change as much as possible in the bill. But the Senate GOP has a thin razor majority of its own, where lawmakers have already shown they want to see at least some changes.
Meanwhile, the White House was standing by the bill.
“The president already knows where he was standing in this bill. He won’t change his opinion. It’s a big, beautiful bill and he’s stuck with it,” the Caroline Leavbit news agency said Tuesday.
