Top Senate Dems pour cold water on latest GOP spending bill plans: 'Ready to stay' through Christmas
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Top Democrats urged Republicans to return to the original stopgap spending bill in order to avoid a partial government shutdown at midnight.
"I'm ready to stay here through Christmas because we're not going to let Elon Musk run the government," she said in a Friday morning statement, hours before the government could be sent into a partial shutdown if a bill is not passed. Julia Johnson is a politics writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business, leading coverage of the U.S. Senate. She was previously a politics reporter at the Washington Examiner.
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As of Thursday, the U.S. national debt was at $36,167,604,149,955.61 and continues to climb rapidly.
Top Senate Dems pour cold water on latest GOP spending bill plans: 'Ready to stay' through Christmas
Top Democrats urged Republicans to return to the original stopgap spending bill in order to avoid a partial government shutdown at midnight.