GOP Lawmakers Want Elon Musk to Be Speaker of the House

There is no requirement that the Speaker of the House be an elected member of Congress. After Elon Musk all but killed a bill to fund the government, lawmakers now propose to cut out the middleman.

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Trump says he gave permission to Elon Musk to trash GOP-proposed spending bill on X

Trump's statement opposing the bill came out several hours after Musk's posts.
ABC News - 9h
Musk and Trump put House GOP in a bind

With time running out, Speaker Mike Johnson's attempt to avoid a government shutdown now faces a battery of new nearly impossible-to-deliver demands from the right.
Politico - 14h
Rand Paul floats Elon Musk for speaker

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) suggested that Elon Musk serve as House Speaker in a Thursday post on X following contentious debates over the continuing resolution (CR). “The Speaker of the House need not ...
The Hill - 13h
Trump joins Elon Musk in opposing House GOP's government funding bill

President-elect Donald Trump came out against a government funding bill backed by Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson.
CNBC - 14h
Musk says House GOP shouldn't pass stopgap funding deal

Tech billionaire and Trump ally Elon Musk came out against a stopgap deal as he pushes for the government to reduce spending. The bipartisan legislation was released Tuesday night in a last-minute ...
The Hill - 1d
OpenAI emails show Elon Musk wanted for-profit structure in 2017

OpenAI on Friday posted screenshots showing that Elon Musk, one of its co-founders, pushed for the company to have a for-profit structure as far back as 2017.
CNBC - 6d
Elon Musk Wants to Turn SpaceX’s Starbase Site Into a Texas City

About 3,400 people work at the site, close to the Mexican border. The SpaceX founder wants it to become an incorporated city.
Inc. - 6d
Elon Musk wants to turn SpaceX's Starbase site into a Texas city

SpaceX is launching a new mission: making its Starbasesite a new Texas city
ABC News - Dec. 12
Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy meet with lawmakers on DOGE plans

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are meeting with lawmakers Thursday on plans for the newly coined of Department of Government Efficiency.
CBS News - Dec. 5