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Trump Chaos Agents & Johnson’s Plan C

News and notes from Capitol Hill on the verge of a nervous breakdown.

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Musk could put the screws to any rank-and-filer, who would then have to decide whether to stand up to the planet’s richest man or risk killing jobs back home. Photo: Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Images
Abby Livingston
December 21, 2024

A last-minute scramble to keep the government open through the holidays is as much a D.C. yuletide tradition as twinkling lights and Embassy parties. After all, nothing motivates members to do their jobs quite so much as the threat of being stuck in Washington well into Christmas recess. And so they usually manage, at the eleventh hour, to pull a continuing resolution out of Santa’s sack, declare victory, and fly home.