Elon Musk Urges Congress To Not Pass Any More Bills Until Trump Takes Office

Tech executive Elon Musk declared that Congress should not pass any more bills until January 20, when President-elect Donald Trump takes office and Republicans control the House and Senate.

The demand came as Musk urged lawmakers to oppose a new continuing resolution (CR) that seeks to avert a government shutdown by the end of the week, along with a slew of additions.

“No bills should be passed Congress until Jan 20, when [Trump] takes office,” Musk said on Wednesday. “None. Zero.”

No bills should be passed Congress until Jan 20, when @realDonaldTrump takes office.

None.

Zero.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 18, 2024

The stopgap measure, negotiated by the GOP-led house and Democrat-led Senate, would provide funds for the federal government through March 14, 2025, and give $100 billion in disaster aid.

It also has provisions geared toward boosting farmers, health care reform, rebuilding Maryland’s devastated Francis Scott Key Bridge, a pay raise for Congress, and more.

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“Any member of the House or Senate who votes for this outrageous spending bill deserves to be voted out in 2 years!” Musk said in another post.

Any member of the House or Senate who votes for this outrageous spending bill deserves to be voted out in 2 years!

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 18, 2024

In others, Musk has characterized the legislation as a “crime” against the American people and noted that “shutting down” the government “doesn’t actually shut down critical functions.”

Musk has been appointed to help lead the new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) under the second Trump administration along with biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy.

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Ramaswamy issued a lengthy post to X on Wednesday saying he read the 1,547-page CR and making the case for why lawmakers should reject the legislation.

“[I]t’s full of excessive spending, special interest giveaways & pork barrel politics. If Congress wants to get serious about government efficiency, they should VOTE NO,” he said.

I wanted to read the full 1,500+ page bill & speak with key leaders before forming an opinion. Having done that, here's my view: it's full of excessive spending, special interest giveaways & pork barrel politics. If Congress wants to get serious about government efficiency, they…

— Vivek Ramaswamy (@VivekGRamaswamy) December 18, 2024

Musk replied: “The more I learn, the more obvious it becomes that this spending bill is a crime. It even includes funding for the worst illegal censorship operation in the entire government (GEC)!!”

Lawmakers who oppose the CR rallied around the comments by Musk and Ramaswamy, pressing their colleagues to oppose the measure. It appears the CR would need bipartisan support to pass.

A divided Congress has leaned on multiple CRs in recent years, including last September, when lawmakers failed to agree on spending bills under the normal appropriations process.

Journalist Chad Pergram reported that Fox News was told by a member of House GOP leadership “that Musk ‘is not helping. He has bigger fish to fry than picking a fight with House Republicans.'”

Fox News host Lawrence Jones posted to X on Wednesday afternoon that he “just spoke” with Trump and the president-elect “is ‘totally against’ the proposed CR.”