Clinton's comments came as House Speaker Mike Johnson released a new version of a continuing resolution.
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| Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton criticized Elon Musk’s influence over the spending negotiations on Capitol Hill on Thursday. (Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg via Getty Images) |
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton rebuked
Elon Musk's influence on Capitol Hill's spending turmoil during remarks on
Thursday.
"If you’re just tuning in: The Republican Party,
following the lead of the world’s richest man, is set to shut down the
government over the holidays—halting paychecks for our troops and cutting
nutrition benefits for low-income families right before Christmas,"
Clinton, the 2016 presidential candidate, posted on X.
Clinton, a senator from 2001 to 2009 and former first lady, made her comments against the backdrop of ongoing budget debates.
Her comments came as House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., unveiled a new continuing resolution (CR) that would keep the government funded beyond the Friday night deadline.
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Musk strongly opposed the initial spending deal Speaker Johnson negotiated with Democrats, warning he would support primary challenges against any Republican who voted for it.
Without an agreement to extend the government funding deadline to March and maintain 2024 spending levels, a partial government shutdown will begin at midnight on Saturday.
House Democrats are objecting to the latest spending plan, however. Meanwhile, with $36 trillion of national debt and an estimated $1.8 trillion deficit for 2024, some conservatives are dead-set against a continuing resolution (CR) that would push the funding deadline to March while keeping spending at current levels.
"The Musk-Johnson proposal is a joke, not a
serious solution. Extreme MAGA Republicans are pushing us toward a government
shutdown," said House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y.
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., holds his weekly news conference at the Capitol Visitor Center in Washington, D.C., on May 23. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., suggested that Democratic leadership would urge their members to vote against the deal.
Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., accused conservative opposition-which he said had been stirred by DOGE figures Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy-of derailing the previous deal. "Everybody was on the same page," he exclaimed, "and then Elon Musk, having named himself the fourth branch of government, blew it up. That's an intolerable way to conduct a legislature.".
"Democrats are now working to find a way to salvage the public good from the wreckage that's been created."
As the bill's text was released, chants of "hell
no" echoed from the room where Democrats were meeting.
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Elon Musk threatened to back primary challenges against anyone who voted for the continuing resolution. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
The latest continuing resolution would maintain current government funding levels for three months and suspend the debt ceiling for two years, a key demand from President-elect Trump.
This bill comes after the original 1,500-page CR that was opposed by the right over policy and funding riders.
House lawmakers may vote on the new bill as early as Thursday evening.
It is not yet certain if the new deal will pass. Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, who led opposition to the initial bill, also spoke out against the new proposal.
"More debt. More government. Increasing the
credit card by $4 trillion with ZERO spending restraint and cuts. HARD
NO," Roy posted on X.
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