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02/01/2025 --wfla
Minnesota state party chair Ken Martin was elected on Saturday as the next leader of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) after securing a majority of the 448 DNC committee members’ votes.
02/01/2025 --axios
Ken Martin was elected on Saturday to serve as the next chair of the Democratic National Committee, putting him at the helm of a party trying to rebuild its image after a disappointing 2024 cycle. Why it matters: Martin, the longtime chair of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, wants to help the party get "back to basics" with a revamped messaging strategy aimed at winning back working-class voters who have drifted to the right.Martin, considered a favorite heading into the Saturday vote, beat out fellow midwesterner Wisconsin Democratic Party chair Ben Wikler and half a dozen other candidates. Driving the news: In the crowded race for DNC chair, Martin's pitch zeroed on his winning record as chair of the Minnesota DFL. In the 14 years in charge, his party did not lose a single statewide race, giving him a 25-0 record.Martin wants to take his winning state record to the national level, a message that clearly resonated with Democrats still reeling from losses up and down the ballot on Nov. 5."My record is unrivaled and unmatched in terms of winning elections and building power around the issues we care about," Martin told the Minnesota Reformer.Martin demonstrated his strong fundraising prowess as DFL chair, a skill that he'll now need to leverage at the national level. Fundraising is one of the biggest jobs for the DNC chair.Between the lines: As a longtime party leader and DNC vice chair, Martin locked up support among party officials across the country but bigger names were split over who to support.Wikler drew the public backing of former Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other big names like Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.The big picture: The race for DNC chair comes after an election cycle that put President Trump in the White House and Republicans in control of both houses of Congress. As DNC chair, Martin will help lead the party's strategy and messaging, including by appearing on media himself to represent the party. He will also have influence over setting the order for the 2028 Democratic primary, which could see Minnesota moving up its spot in the calendar. Go deeper: Minnesota DFL chair Ken Martin in the running to lead DNCAxios' Torey Van Oot contributed reporting.
01/31/2025 --huffpost
In a contest dominated by big personalities, rather than ideology, it’s come down to Ken vs. Ben, with Martin O’Malley hot on their heels.
01/31/2025 --nbcnews
Democrats will take their first tangible step this weekend to drag themselves forward from their 2024 election loss: electing the next chair of the DNC.
01/31/2025 --dailycaller
We’re riding with Biden
01/28/2025 --latimes
California will help lead a coalition of states in suing to block a White House budget office order halting "all federal financial assistance."
01/27/2025 --express
As Nancy Pelosi navigates her post-Speaker life, her impressive stock market moves continue to captivate and stir conversations.
01/27/2025 --dailycaller
'Lt. Col. Gabbard told her that she was on a fact-finding trip to both Lebanon and Syria.'
01/27/2025 --latimes
With little power in Republican-led Washington, D.C., California Democrats struggle to mount a countereffort to President Trump's agenda.
01/27/2025 --express
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sold 10,000 shares of Nvidia stock, worth between $1 million and $5 million, on New Year's Eve.
01/24/2025 --foxnews
A federal district judge issued an order barring certain Jan. 6 defendants with commuted sentences from entering Washington, D.C., or the U.S. Capitol building.
01/24/2025 --foxnews
A federal district judge issued an order barring certain January 6 defendants with commuted sentences from entering Washington, D.C. or the U.S. Capitol building.
01/24/2025 --delcotimes
The high-ranking Episcopal cleric's political message didn't go over well with the president and our columnist.
01/23/2025 --theonion
President Donald Trump pardoned approximately 1,500 rioters who participated in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Here is everything you need to know about the pardons and commutations: Q: Who is celebrating the pardons? A: All the nonviolent marijuana offenders who no longer have to share their cells with insurrectionists. Q: Do the [...]The post What To Know About The Jan. 6 Pardons appeared first on The Onion.
01/20/2025 --dailykos
Conservative Texas District Judge Reed O’Connor took time out of his packed schedule of trying to destroy the Affordable Care Act to hand down a genuinely unhinged decision.According to O’Connor, American Airlines violated federal law by offering 401(k) plans that included funds managed by investment companies with environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) goals. It’s the newest—and dumbest—front in the war on “woke.” The Employee Retirement Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) requires people who manage retirement investments to act in the best interests of their participants. This is a good thing! It means that fund managers can’t put their own financial interests first and must diversify a fund’s investments to minimize the risk of significant losses. This lawsuit arose when a former pilot sued American Airlines in 2023, saying it violated ERISA by mismanaging 401(k) funds. Was it because somehow the company lined its pockets with the hard-earned cash of retirees? Nope. Was it because the company’s 401(k) funds were performing terribly? Nope. It was because American Airlines hired BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager that oversees trillions of investment dollars, to manage its retirement funds.Several years ago, BlackRock started positioning itself as a leader in its focus on environmental sustainability in investing. In 2021, BlackRock, then the second-largest holder of Exxon stock, cast a proxy vote on behalf of activist investors who wanted climate-conscious directors on the corporation’s board. Lest this make it sound like BlackRock was just one step away from partnering with Greta Thunberg or something, the company still has billions invested in fossil fuels and runs the world’s largest Bitcoin fund. It’s a fund manager, not Santa Claus. BlackRock also spent the last year retreating from its previous support for climate activism, which is unsurprising given that 11 red states recently sued over it. The usual suspects, like Florida, Louisiana, and Texas, have also pulled state assets out of BlackRock, but the American Airlines lawsuit was the first successful attack on ESG investing in 401(k) plans. But it won’t be the last.What O’Connor’s decision functionally does is say that investments that factor in ESG concerns are a breach of a fund manager’s duty, regardless of whether there’s a financial loss. The mere whiff of displaying a vague consciousness about the planet is simply too much to bear. To be perfectly clear, this lawsuit likely wasn’t necessary to kneecap ESG investing—Donald Trump’s imminent return to the White House has already taken care of much of that. Banks and fund managers have spent the last eight weeks fleeing Net Zero Asset Managers (NZAM). In this initiative, they had originally committed to supporting net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. BlackRock was one of the last to leave. NZAM has since suspended all activities and is removing the name of every company that signed on to the initiative from its website, even taking down the commitment statement itself. Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia of Trump’s first administration pushed through a rule that barred plan advisers from considering ESG concerns. The Biden administration reversed the rule in 2022, but it’s certain to flip back during Trump’s second term. As goes ESG, so goes DEI.Big corporations were already throwing out diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives even before Trump’s 2024 victory, in part thanks to the tirelessly homophobic efforts of former music video director-turned-conservative ghoul, Robby Starbuck. Smaller companies have been under siege from Trump’s Deputy Policy Chief Stephen Miller, whose America First Legal likes to threaten to sue companies out of existence for having the temerity to do things like provide modest grants to Black-owned small businesses. So far in 2025, McDonald’s has hastened to roll back some DEI practices, saying it would be conducting a “civil rights audit,” whatever that means. But the reward for the most cringeworthy yet somehow entirely predictable retreat from DEI definitely goes to Mark Zuckerberg, whose eagerness to suck up to Trump has led to nixing the DEI efforts that hurt no one but caused right-wingers to howl. Zuckerberg’s Meta had been providing tampons in women’s and men’s bathrooms so anyone who needed them would have access. But not anymore.Conservatives are treating the elimination of ESG and DEI efforts as if the boot of government is finally off their backs, allowing corporations to finally unleash their true potential. But these sorts of actions—committing to net zero emissions and ensuring diversity and equity in the workforce—weren’t the scary, woke socialist ideas of Barack Obama, Joe Biden, or Nancy Pelosi. Rather, they’re actions that corporations took in an attempt to make themselves appear more attractive within a capitalist, free-market framework. But conservatives are no longer interested in a free market—hence the screaming about “woke capitalism.” With Trump back in office, they’ll get to use the heavy hand of government to reward only the corporations that share Trump’s climate-denying, white supremacist, anti-trans views. Should any companies be foolish enough to consider stewardship of the planet or the dignity of trans employees, judges like O’Connor and other Federalist Society favorites will likely stop them in their tracks. So much for “freedom.”Thank you to the Daily Kos community who continues to fight so hard with Daily Kos. Your reader support means everything. We will continue to have you covered and keep you informed, so please donate just $3 to help support the work we do.
01/20/2025 --reporterherald
The day’s pomp and unusual circumstances made for a lot of close-up encounters between political combatants, some awkward, some not.
01/20/2025 --pasadenastarnews
The pardon extended to all members of the House committee who investigated the 2021 attack on the Capitol.
01/16/2025 --nypost
Today the Democrats are the less democratic of the two great parties, and their insider-dominated politics explains both Joe Biden's elevation and Kamala Harris' loss.
01/16/2025 --foxnews
Welcome to the Fox News Politics newsletter, with the latest updates on the Trump transition, exclusive interviews and more Fox News politics content.
01/16/2025 --dailykos
A daily roundup of the best stories and cartoons by Daily Kos staff and contributors to keep you in the know.Nancy Pelosi will skip Trump’s inaugurationShe’s joining Democrats like Michelle Obama and Ilhan Omar in playing hooky.Trump releases enemies listDon’t worry, he is definitely, absolutely, in no way looking for retribution ...House Republicans take first step in mass deportation schemeSo what if it costs the government more than $300 billion?Cartoon: The inception of the Dumbass Billionaire branch of governmentAn oligarchy of billionaires is just what the Founding Fathers dreamed of.Trump mimics mug shot in official presidential portraitAt least the felon-elect is consistent.Seth Meyers fires back after Trump called him 'marble mouth'Trump hates Seth Meyers so much that he can’t stop watching Seth Meyers.House speaker demotes Ohio Republican who won’t ‘bend the knee’ to TrumpHow dare he criticize Trump’s BFF Putin!Nancy Mace’s attempt at transphobic gotcha question gloriously backfiresShe always asks the important questions, like “Can you define what a woman is?”Click here to see more cartoons.Campaign Action
01/16/2025 --dailykos
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Democrat of California, will not attend President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday, her spokesperson confirmed to Daily Kos. Pelosi is the second big-name Democrat to announce that they won’t attend. Earlier this week, former first lady Michelle Obama said she also plans to skip the event, which will take place on Monday. Other Democratic lawmakers who will play hooky that day include Reps. Jasmine Crockett of Texas, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts.News of Pelosi’s pending absence was first reported by ABC News. Pelosi’s spokesperson didn’t elaborate on why she won’t make the pilgrimage to the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., this go-around. Her absence may be because Pelosi is still recovering from hip surgery she underwent in Germany following a fall in December. It’s also possible that, like most Democrats, she just hates Trump. No one would blame her if that were the case. The two have long had a tumultuous professional relationship. Since Trump’s first administration, their disdain for one another has seemingly only increased. Pelosi famously spent the final days of Trump’s first term trying to oust him from the Oval Office after the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.Trump, for his part, spent much of his first term avoiding Pelosi, even as the COVID-19 pandemic ravaged states and lawmakers attempted to work together to deliver aid.Since then, Trump has called Pelosi “crazy,” “crooked,” “evil,” and “sick,” among other abhorrent things. In November, he nearly called her a bitch during a campaign rally, though he stopped himself from saying the word outright. Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally on July 29, 2023, in Erie, Pennsylvania.“She’s a bad person, evil. She’s an evil, sick, crazy—” Trump said at a rally in Michigan amid his 2024 campaign, sounding out the letter “B” but stopping just short of uttering the obscenity. “It starts with a ‘B,’ but I won’t say it. I wanna say it.”Pelosi’s inauguration absence marks a break in tradition for the octogenarian. In addition to attending Trump’s first inauguration, in 2017, ABC News reports that Pelosi has gone to 11 presidential inaugural events.Senior leaders of both parties typically attend presidential inaugurations, regardless of the incoming president’s party. But Trump has no room to complain about Pelosi’s absence: He famously skipped President Joe Biden’s inauguration in 2021.In reality, Trump probably won’t notice that Pelosi’s gone. He’ll be too busy trying to impress his trio of tech-bro sugar daddies—Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg—who have been rewarded with plum seats at the inauguration. (All three men also donated at least $1 million to Trump’s inaugural fund.)Meanwhile, while they will attend Monday’s inauguration, former presidents George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama will skip Trump’s inaugural luncheon. According to NBC News, both Obama and Clinton were invited but declined. Bush’s office told the outlet that he never received an invite.Campaign Action
01/16/2025 --theepochtimes
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will miss the 47th president's inauguration.
01/16/2025 --huffpost
A spokesperson for the Democratic House speaker emerita wouldn't say why she is missing the high-profile event.
01/16/2025 --themirror
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will not attend President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration, her spokesperson confirmed to ABC News
01/16/2025 --foxnews
Rep. Nancy Pelosi will not attend President-elect Trump's inauguration ceremony at the U.S. Capitol next week.
01/16/2025 --huffpost
During Trump's 2017 luncheon, he called for a standing ovation for Hillary Clinton and forecast four years of “peace and prosperity” under his administration.
12/30/2025 --wacotrib
The golden rule of “do unto others as you would have them do unto you” has been supplanted by “he who has the gold (the power) makes the rules."
12/30/2025 --hastingstribune
In 2006, Jimmy Carter published a controversial and best-selling book on Palestine with the word “apartheid” in the title.
12/30/2025 --rollcall
Speaker Mike Johnson, her at the Republican convention in Milwaukee in July, received President-elect Donald Trump's endorsement Monday.
12/27/2024 --axios
Retiring Rep. Annie Kuster (D-N.H.) believes more of her colleagues should follow her lead and make way for a younger generation of political leaders.Why it matters: Age was one of the lightening rods of the 2024 presidential election, as voters repeatedly expressed concerns about about President Biden's fitness for office before a disastrous debate performance helped force him out of the race.Biden's exit made President-elect Trump the oldest presidential nominee in U.S. history, with the latter also attracting scrutiny over his age.In Democratic circles, the election results have fueled waves of finger-pointing and soul-searching, with some calling for generational change among the party's leaders. Driving the news: Kuster, 68, threw down a gauntlet in favor of ushering in new political leadership in a new interview with the Boston Globe out Thursday, telling the paper she hoped to "set a better example" by retiring."I think there are colleagues — and some of whom are still very successful and very productive — but others who just stay forever," she added.Kuster noted that she wished Biden had chosen to exit the race sooner.She added that she was "just not the best gladiator" to help take on the new Trump administration.Kuster announced her plans to retire back in March.The big picture: The national discourse over America's aging gerontocracy goes far beyond the executive branch.The revelation earlier this month that Rep. Kay Granger (R-Texas) had been living in an independent living facility in Texas sparked fresh debate about Congress' aging members.Recent health challenges from octogenarian leaders Nancy Pelosi and Mitch McConnell have only fueled the fire.Neither a representative for Granger nor the White House immediately responded to Axios' request for comment regarding Kuster's remarks.Zoom out: House Democrats recently elected several new, younger committee leaders ahead of the incoming Trump administration.Go deeper: Congress' age debate reignites over member living in retirement home
12/27/2024 --kron4
The revelation that Rep. Kay Granger (R-Texas) has been living in an assisted living facility is fueling scrutiny of aging public officials, highlighting the shifting norms surrounding lawmaker health, seniority, and for how long it is appropriate to hang on to power. “Sadly, you know, some of these members wait until it's too long to [...]
12/27/2024 --foxnews
Former President Barack Obama's credibility in center-left politics was hit hard by Vice President Kamala Harris' loss to President-elect Trump, a Democratic strategist tells Fox.
12/23/2024 --dailykos
Rep. Kay Granger, Republican of Texas, has missed four months of votes in Congress after "having some dementia issues late in the year," her son Brandon Granger told The Dallas Morning News. “It’s been a hard year,” said the 52-year-old Brandon, who also shared that his mother is living in Traditions Senior Living in Fort Worth, Texas. Questions regarding Granger’s deteriorating health were raised when The Dallas Express reported that she had been seen wandering the neighborhood “lost and confused.”Granger, who is 81 years old, cast her last vote on Capitol Hill in July. She was chair of the House Appropriations Committee until she stepped down in April. She did not run for reelection in November, and her days in Congress are waning with her term ending in January. Her absence was felt last week during the chaotic negotiations as House Republicans tried to legislate their way out of a government shutdown.Even her Republican colleagues decried her running for office despite the first signs of decline, calling the government a “congressional gerontocracy.” “The fact that Kay Granger is unable to leave her nursing home to participate in the most important congressional vote of the year suggests she was already in visible decline when she ran for re-election in 2022,” State Republican Executive Committeeman Rolando Garcia said on X on Friday. “A sad and humiliating way to end her political career. Sad that nobody cared enough to ‘take away the keys’ before she reached this moment. And a sad commentary on the congressional gerontocracy.”Granger’s absence reignites a debate on age and term limits in Congress and the White House, including whether public officials should be required to pass a cognitive test to serve. Americans have witnessed the inevitable slowing that comes with age among other elected officials such as the late Dianne Feinstein; 91-year-old Chuck Grassley; 84-year-old Nancy Pelosi; and Mitch McConnell and President Joe Biden, both 82. This past month, Democrats, forced to map out a new agenda after their defeat in November, have been clinging to long-held government positions and committee roles even as younger, more progressive candidates and officials vie for their roles. In a backroom deal reportedly led by Pelosi, 35-year-old Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was passed over for 74-year-old Rep. Gerry Connolly for ranking member of the House Oversight Committee last week.While candidates must be at least 25 years old to be elected to the House, 30 to be elected to the Senate, and 35 to become president, there are currently no term or age limits for members of Congress despite being backed by the majority of Americans across party lines. Senator Mike Lee, Republican of Utah, says the lack of term or age limits reflects the self-interest of members of Congress.“The incentives are all wrong: Stay too long, spend too much, serve The Firm & you’ll find yourself in powerful positions ... for far too long. Meanwhile, staffers wielding power in your name will hide your declining mental and physical condition,” Lee said on X on Sunday. For many, Granger’s case underscores the risks of allowing career politicians to remain in power for decades, even when they’re no longer capable of performing their duties. It also raises an uncomfortable question: Is the political system doing enough to protect the interests of voters when their representatives no longer can?Right now, Daily Kos is falling short of our 2024 goal. Your donations are how we make ends meet. Can you please donate $5 right now so we can close the books on 2024?
12/23/2024 --ocregister
Here’s hoping that Gaetz reciprocates with a violation of the truce himself by exposing his fellow perverts in Congress.
12/22/2024 --nypost
The worst scandal in White House history is the worst held secret in Washington.
12/22/2024 --dailycaller
'The lack of a Republican vote representing CD-12 disenfranchises 2 million people'
12/22/2024 --foxnews
The older generation of people who proclaim that climate change is an "existential threat" might not take their words seriously. But their children do.
12/22/2024 --eastbaytimes
California's population drop ends, and a veteran Democrat is passed over for a House leadership post
12/19/2024 --nbcsandiego
It was government shutdown season in Washington, and all through the House, many creatures were stirring — most notably Elon Musk.Lawmakers in Congress were expecting a glide path to the holidays. They had a bipartisan deal that would keep the government funded and send them all on their merry way back to their districts. But then they got a taste of what the next four years might be like with Donald Trump back in the White House and Musk, the world’s richest man, wielding enormous power over the political process. On Wednesday, Trump — with help from Musk — effectively killed the funding legislation put together by House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., a 1,500-page bill packed with the byproduct of the traditional horse-trading that generally defines congressional dealmaking.Conservative Republicans and right-wing talkers blasted the plan as the sort of status quo Washington politics that Trump campaigned to end during the election. But as negotiations continued, the president-elect remained on the sidelines.That ended late Wednesday, when Trump torched the plan as “ridiculous and extraordinarily expensive” and doomed it. Less than a day later, House Republicans released a 116-page plan to keep the government open through March 14. The plan had the support of both Trump and Musk, the billionaire who was Republicans’ biggest 2024 political donor and a frequent presence in Trump’s orbit. But even after a significant arm-twisting and primary threats from Trump and his allies, the new plan went down in flames on the House floor Thursday night with significant Republican opposition. It left less than a day before a potential government shutdown.The failure was a defeat for Trump, who — despite his election win — still cannot single-handedly control everything that happens in Washington. “To say this is alarming and a setback is an absolute understatement,” a veteran Republican operative said.But even in the measure’s failure, the negotiations over the budget deal have solidified a handful of new political truths: With President Joe Biden staying completely silent on the negotiations, he has left a void allowing Trump to position himself as a second president, while Johnson’s status as speaker is contingent on keeping Trump happy, and Musk’s role as the nascent administration’s muscle and money is now not just hypothetical but rather something he can use to try to move votes and potentially end political careers.‘A new sheriff in town’Musk has his money, but he also has his megaphone. He has the most followers on the social media platform X — more than 208 million — which is not entirely surprising since he owns the site. Musk, who spent more than $250 million getting Trump elected, posted about his opposition to the original spending deal well over 100 times over the past two days, with threats to fund primary challenges to anyone who voted for the plan, which was six weeks in the making.“Any member of the House or Senate who votes for this outrageous spending bill deserves to be voted out in 2 years!” Musk posted Wednesday afternoon on X. Later in the day, Trump himself came out against it, making it clear the bill was done. “I told him that if he agrees with me that he could put out a statement,” Trump told NBC News, referring to Musk’s opposition to the original congressional funding deal.Musk’s outsized role in the saga opened up new scrutiny of his position as an unelected official and the power he appears to have to move votes. Trump has named Musk and former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy to run a new nongovernment agency aimed at increasing “government efficiency.”Trump’s team was quick to tamp down any suggestion that Musk was truly pulling the strings.“As soon as President Trump released his official stance on the [continuing resolution], Republicans on Capitol Hill echoed his point of view,” Trump spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said. “President Trump is the leader of the Republican Party. Full stop.”On Thursday morning, Trump was also quick to tell NBC News in a phone interview that Musk’s flurry of social media posts opposing the original deal came with his blessing.“I told him that if he agrees with me that he could put out a statement,” Trump said. “He’s looking at things from a cost standpoint.”Donald Trump Jr. — who had also been posting in opposition to the first bill — said in a brief interview Thursday that the original continuing resolution that his father effectively tanked was “ridiculous.” Asked about Musk’s and his father’s roles in torpedoing the resolution, Trump Jr. said, “I think they both agree on the insanity of what was in there: 1,500 pages that no one has a possibility to digest.”The shutdown fight was the first postelection test for Trump and his ability to once again whip Republicans who do not yet control the White House or the Senate, and it put a spotlight on the role Musk is likely to play at least in the early days of his second administration.After the original deal was scrapped, some Democrats began calling Musk the functional president-elect, while some Republican budget hawks called on him to replace Johnson as speaker of the House.“It appears that Elon Musk is trying to take the role as an unelected president. And in fact, Donald Trump, it appears, is following his orders,” Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., said Thursday on CNN. “The Speaker of the House need not be a member of Congress,” Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky, posted on social media. “Nothing would disrupt the swamp more than electing Elon Musk ... think about it. .. nothing’s impossible. (not to mention the joy at seeing the collective establishment, aka ‘uniparty’ lose their ever-lovin’ minds).”Many of Fox News’ prime-time hosts, all famously MAGA allies, were particularly pleased with Musk’s efforts to kill the bill Wednesday night. Sean Hannity said there’s “a new sheriff in town.” Jesse Watters said Musk “blew up the bill all day.” By Thursday morning, “Fox and Friends,” the network’s flagship morning program, was marveling at the new power Musk wielded. Musk is now “the center of the universe on Capitol Hill in a way that nobody has ever seen,” Peter Doocy said. After the new bill was announced, Musk pushed back against significant chatter that he was the true architect, instead giving Trump and Johnson credit.“I’m not the author of this proposal,” he posted. “Credit to @realDonaldTrump, @JdVance, and @SpeakerJohnson.”No plan forward for now One of the Republicans who rejected the new Trump-blessed spending deal Thursday was Rep. Chip Roy of Texas.“Yes, I think this bill is better than it was yesterday on certain respects, but to take this bill ... and congratulate yourself because it’s shorter in pages — but increases the debt by $5 trillion — is asinine, and that’s precisely what Republicans are doing,” Roy said in a fiery floor speech before the so-called plan B budget deal was defeated.Roy was among the most vocal Republicans opposing the reconfigured budget deal because of Trump’s request to abolish the country’s debt ceiling — which is often used as a political football — without significant spending reductions in exchange. He was joined by nearly 40 Republican members of the House in killing the deal. The proposal the House voted on would have pushed off the debt ceiling until January 2027.Roy’s public opposition earned him direct threats from Trump about a primary challenge. The threats came with a mention of former Rep. Bob Good of Virginia, who lost to a Trump-backed challenger this year.Johnson’s speakership was threatened by some in conservative media, but he appeared to have kept Trump’s support for now by getting the new deal to the floor. After its failure, he tried to spin attempts at a budget deal forward.“We will regroup and we will come up with another solution, so stay tuned,” Johnson told reporters after his second attempt at a budget deal was defeated on the House floor.Still, at a gathering of conservative activists across the country in Phoenix on Thursday, there was jubilation that they had managed to torpedo the original legislation. “In just the last 24 hours, we did something that we never would have been able to do before,” Charlie Kirk, the CEO of Turning Point, said at its annual AmericaFest conference, adding, “I want to show the power that you have — is that you, everybody in this room and everyone watching online — you defeated the Washington insiders in hours, everybody, and that CR is dead.”But the proposal’s defeat leaves no plan in place as the clock ticks down on a government shutdown — one that could drag into the holidays and into the busy month of January, when a new Congress will take office, the election results need to be certified and Trump is set to be inaugurated. “There is no new agreement right now, just, you know, obviously looking at a number of options,” House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., told reporters after the second budget deal was defeated.After the vote, Musk blamed Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York for the GOP-led House’s killing the proposal.“Objectively, the vast majority of Republican House members voted for the spending bill, but only 2 Democrats did,” he posted on X. “Therefore, if the government shuts down, it is obviously the fault of @RepJeffries and the Democratic Party.”The Trump-approved budget deal did include disaster relief for states ravaged by hurricanes Helene and Milton, money for construction projects and environmental cleanup, an extension of the farm bill, funding for millions for conservation efforts and rural development disaster assistance.But it also removed a number of other provisions — and, significantly, Republicans did not consult Democrats in putting the new legislation together, unlike they did with the first one. Blindsided Democrats largely came out in opposition, saying Americans will be hurt because of the significant spending that was removed from the original deal, and they directed their anger at Musk’s role in shaping the plan.“Elon Musk ordered his puppet President-elect and House Republicans to break the bipartisan agreement reached to keep government open,” Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., the former House speaker, wrote on X. “House Republicans are abdicating their responsibility to the American people and siding with billionaires and special interests.”Jeffries used his House floor speech to try to turn the spending problem in question on Republicans and Trump’s first four years in office.“In our nation’s history, 25% of our nation’s debt was accumulated during the four years of the former president, 25%. How dare you lecture America about fiscal responsibility — ever,” he said.Trump, who spent considerable political capital pushing the second proposed spending plan, has not yet commented on its failure. But Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., suggested that if Trump did speak out — again — it might make a difference. “Quite honestly, I think one of the ways that this could get fixed fairly quickly would be if President Trump would come up to Washington tomorrow or spend the weekend here and talk to people face to face,” he said Thursday evening. “Let’s face it. ... He’s got a lot of sway and persuasion. He acts more like the sitting president than the sitting president. And if he’d come up, I think he could help move things along.”Peter Nicholas, Nnamdi Egwuonwu, Brennan Leach, Andrew Kirell and David Ingram contributed.This article first appeared on NBCNews.com. 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