Is Elon Musk to blame for the demise of Mike Johnson's spending bill?

Elon Musk spoke out against House Speaker Mike Johnson's bipartisan spending bill that would have averted a government shutdown. Now, President-elect Donald Trump is opposing the measure. CBS News' Taurean Small and Caitlin Huey-Burns have more.

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Spending Deal Debacle Threatens Mike Johnson’s Hold on House Speaker Job

A Republican backlash to the speaker’s plan to temporarily fund the government has sparked new talk of ousting him, and highlighted the challenges he will face if he manages to keep his job.
The New York Times - 1h
Musk floods X with spending bill misinformation

Billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk unleashed a flood of misinformation about Congress’s end-of-year funding deal Wednesday, as he pushed Republicans to torpedo the stopgap bill. Musk, a close ally of ...
The Hill - 1h
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 - 4h
Johnson has a huge new problem: Elon Musk

The tech scion spent the day whipping against the CR — and Republicans are getting in line behind him.
Politico - 1d
Johnson weighs spending plan B as Elon Musk stokes opposition

Politico - 1d
Speaker Johnson speaks to Musk after he suggests torpedoing spending bill

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said he talked to billionaire Elon Musk about the 1,500-page government funding deal after Musk voiced his opposition to the bill, and that the incoming Department of ...
The Hill - 1d
Elon Musk spends $277 million to back Trump and Republican candidates

Elon Musk was the largest donor in the 2024 election cycle, spending at least $277 million to back President-elect Donald Trump and other Republican candidates.
CBS News - Dec. 6
Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk meet with Republicans to talk DOGE spending cuts

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy began swapping ideas in person with congressional Republicans about ways they could slash federal spending and regulations.
NBC News - Dec. 5
Mike Johnson and Elon Musk tell US federal staff to get back to the office

Republican House Speaker backs billionaire entrepreneur’s government efficiency drive
Financial Times - Dec. 5

Is Elon Musk to blame for the demise of Mike Johnson's spending bill?

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Spending Deal Debacle Threatens Mike Johnson’s Hold on House Speaker Job

Musk floods X with spending bill misinformation

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Speaker Johnson speaks to Musk after he suggests torpedoing spending bill

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Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk meet with Republicans to talk DOGE spending cuts

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