Rep. Jamie Raskin took a moment to cheer Friday night on the steps of the Capitol following a much-anticipated vote in the House on what turned out to be a contentious back-and-forth on a spending bill to avert a holiday shutdown.
The House's last-ditch effort to temporarily fund the government led to a sigh of release for millions of federal workers whose paychecks were thrust into uncertainty. The funding bill passed by a vote of 366-34. A two-thirds vote was needed in the House to avert a shutdown. The legislation now heads to the Senate, which has until midnight to pass the bill.
Raskin jabbed his GOP colleagues, telling reporters he wanted to take a moment to "appreciate the fact that we've been able to stop another Republican shutdown of the government."
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Not to mention, he added, "We managed to stop them from blowing up the debt ceiling in order to just pass a massive tax giveaway to the wealthiest Americans."
Raskin didn't let off the gas though, and said the GOP hasn't given up its "cannibalistic nature" — and has pitchforks out for House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA).
"I don't know who they would replace him with. Some of them were talking about Elon Musk which is not an actual member of Congress, that doesn't sound very realistic to me," he said. "I don't think Elon Musk understands the first thing about the American government, much less American Congress."
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