graduate of bradley university, located in my district, with a master's degree in civil engineering in 1995. in his role as transportation secretary, omar oversaw over 80 airports, an expansive waterway infrastructure system, 300,000 miles of roads and bridges, the railroads that transport 25% of the country's freight that passes through illinois. the bottom line is, secretaries toman has lived the -- secretary osman has lived the american dream and has been an integral part in growing the infrastructure we have here today in illinois and his legacy will last for years to come. it is my privilege to congratulate my good friend on his retirement and wish him and his lovely wife, magda, and their three children all the best. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess subject to the call of the chair.

criticism from incoming president donald trump's top ally elon musk, the louisiana republican is discussing dropping $100 billion in disaster aid, plus other attachments. and instead passing a clean c.r.. then dealing with the other issues in the new year according to twoeplicans with knowledge of the conversation. earlier this morning we talked to aiden quigley, he's a budget and appropriations reporter for c.q. roll call. here's that conversation. the government funding runs out tomorrow at midnight. where does -- where do things stand right now on capitol hill? guest: right now there is a lot of confusion and in a way we haven't seen since october of last year which, as i'm sure the viewers can recall, preceded kevin kphaert losing his --

mccarthy losing his gavel. we have no clear plan how to move forward. half the republican leaders were scrambling last night to come up plan after the president-elect and his advisors who -- elon musk and rivek ramaswamy, the so-called doge committee, decided to kill this bill. host: what's going on with this -- with a new request for raising the debt ceiling? can you explain that? guest: that came out knopf where yesterday. it had not been a part of these spending talks. vice president elect j.d. advance sent in a -- vance sent in a tweet that president trump want that is to be taken care of before he takes office. right now it's at -- the treasury is set to run out of its borrowing capacity next summer, which typically the party that is the minority uses that as a way to get concessions from the party that's in the

majority. so trump want that is taken care of. he doesn't want that lingering as we go into the next congress. it's pretty difficult to see a situation where that will be included in the stopgap spending bill. unless -- at least in whatever passes you do need democrats in the senate to get onboard. the messenger: so with what is the likelihood, do you think, of an actual government shutdown? guest: i'm always an optimist when it comes to spending and working out a deal. but i think we are at least in the past few years uncharted territory here with the trump administration returning and a level of uncertainty. now it's more clear about his desires, it did not become that way until wednesday, a few days -- right up until the deadline. i think at this point there is a reasonable chance -- we do have the christmas holiday lingering.

that is always a motivator for members of congress to work out a deal. there is no clear path forward at this point. host: you mentioned former speaker mccarthy losing his gavel over a similar situation. what does it look like for speaker johnson keeping the speakership? guest: it's still really far away from january 3 from where i'm sitting. there's testify knitly some members -- definitely some members how it was handled. as long as they support president trump i think he will end up continuing to be speaker at this point. but it's a lot less certain than it was a few days ago. host: explain how today and tomorrow play out. what are you going to be watching? what's the process here? guest: right now we are waiting for some signs from house leadership about what their next play call will be. yesterday they had a 1,500-page bill that -- there's $100

billion disaster aid, $10 million in economic aid for farmers. a lot of provision including member pay raise. transferring the ownership of r.f.k. stadium back to the city of d.c. just on and on. many provisions. and that bill is no longer moving forward. house republicans are right now trying to come up with a new plan that they think can get the support it needs to pass the house. that said, democrats are pretty clear at this point that they are not onboard. they had an agreement. that's what they want to go with. and it will be difficult to see how we move forward at this point. at the end of the day we'll have to wait and see what democrats decide to do. it is again right up to christmas. there is a reason they put these deadlines so close to christmas which is a motivating factor. host: that was reporter aiden quigley from earlier this morning on today's "washington

journal." we are in open forum. interested to hear what you've got to say about anything related to public policy or politics. anything happening in washington, of course the big thing that's happening is the funding. and that is set to expire in about a day and a half. we'll start with gabriela calling us on the republican line from arkansas. caller: hi, on november 5 we sent a mandate to trump. we wanted the borders closed. over 10,000 special interest ill lease have come in in the last 2 1/2 months. these are pepl people from countries that hate us. we wanted america and americans first. we wanted lawmakers held accountable. but this bill makes them untouchable. they only needed the bear minimum to carry us into the next 60 days. almost every piece of pork in this bill is designed to undermine trump's mandates. host: let's -- caller: i don't think they have

earned $70,000 raise, which is more than most middle class americans with two sources of income are making. host: they are not going to get a $70,000. that was not in the provision. it's a 3.8% raise. it's a cost of living increase, 3.8%. it comes out -- they are -- currently they are making $174,000. i want to say it's going to go to $186,000. i need to get you the actual numbers. it's 3.8%. caller: ok. we are on social security and we are living on less than 50 -- host: is there anything in that -- the original deal that you would have supported? caller: yes. take care of the farmers. take care of these people in kentucky and tennessee and north carolina. host: the disaster relief.

caller: the bare minimum, yes. that's all we need for now. we don't need another stadium. we are supposed to be saving money. that's why everything costs so much. host: i do have the number for you. the cost of living increase would go from $174,000, which is current. then it would bring it to $180 can ,600. that is a 3.8% increase. as has been said before, it has not been raised since 2009. caller: they do have to take care of two places. host: got it. sheila, greenville, pennsylvania. democrat. good morning. caller: hello. i'm calling about the bill that passed in the house about social security.

people that have a pension along with the social security all these years have been penalized and only gotten 80% of their social security. now, the bill changed that passed in the house. it was supposed to go to the senate. i haven't heard anything about it. i need an answer. people are being punished because they have a pension. they shouldn't get a raise when -- if you have a pension, you are only getting 80% of your social security. i believe it passed in the house. but it's dead in the water. host: sheila -- caller: this fiscal year is up. host: i got this from cbs news. hold on. i was going to find you something on that. let me find it four and i'll circle back, ok. about that social security. caller: ok.

phyllis in pennsylvania, republican are. caller: yes. i would like to know how hard can it be to place an amendment with with each representative and senator's perch that states clearly to always be mindful of the needs of the majority of the legal american citizens. when they are working on the budget. they are clearly not understanding what is essential and what is unessential to make america great again. thank you. host: to respond to sheila, this is cbs news with with the headline, social security fairness act clears key senate hurdle. heads to final vote. here's what's happening. legislation to expand social security benefits to millions of americans a key procedural vote hurdle in the u.s. senate on

wednesday afternoon, yesterday afternoon, and is now headed toward another vote thursday, that's today. with the clock ticking and only days left in the current session of congress. senators voted 73-27 to approve a motion to proceed with consideration of the social security fairness act according to an unofficial senate tally. the tally cleared the 60-vote filibuster threshold with final passage only needing a simple majority in order to pass the bill to president biden's desk. vice president elect j.d. vance of ohio was among the 24 republican senators to join 49 democrats to advance the measure. quote, we will be -- we will vote on taking up the social security fairness act to repeal flawed policies that eat away at the benefits of those who have worked as teachers, firefighters, postal workers, or public sector workers. that's senator majority chuck schumer said that on social media before the vote.

retirees deprived of their hard-earned benefits. we'll be watching closely. i hope that answers that on social security. here is rhonda in free hold, new jersey, democrat. hi. rhonda, are you there? freehold, new jersey. caller: can you hear me? good morning, america. i want to wish everyone a merry christmas and a happy new year. and happy hawn kau -- hanukkah. i was hoping i got the other guy on the congressman. about elon musk. i'm very, very concerned about this man interfering in our budget. he tkoefrpblt have a security -- doesn't have a security clearance nor can he get one. and for him to have our private information on all of our finances in this country is a

problem with me. especially knowing he's getting billions of dollars from the government. they are going to rob us blind. we are getting robbed. they are setting up america. and we are going to go through some very dark days over the next four years. and everybody better get ready for it. this is my last christmas. i'm going to save every dime i got. i'm going to put it in a safe and hide it in my closet because we are getting ready to see some very dark days. host: what do you mean, rhonda, this is your last christmas? caller: i'm not spending any more money. we can't. they are going to rob us. they are going to rob social security. they are going to rob us in taxes. that's what trump does. he said he had nine floors on trump tower that he didn't have. that's why he owes new york all this tax money.

they are all white collar criminals have taken over the government. and we elected it. host: got it. regarding -- rhonda mentioned musk having a security clearance. here is the "wall street journal." this is from december 15. last week. it says this, why musk doesn't have access to spacex's biggest government secrets, executives haven't sought higher security clearances for the c.e.o. to avoid questions about his drug use and contact with foreign officials. the answers might no longer matter. this is an article in the "wall street journal." it says that spacex, payload spacex launches into the he heavens for the u.s. military despite agencies are usually treated as a government secret shared only with select employees at the rocket company who hold special security clearances. musk isn't one of them. it says spacex deepened its ties

with the national security agencies in recent years. the company's lawyers advise senior executives not to seek a higher security clearance for musk. that would give him access to details about sensitive programs. spacex is is in involved in, according to people familiar with the matter. you can read that at the "wall street journal." here's mary in richland, washington, republican. hi. caller: hi, how you doing? host: good. caller: i'm sorry, i was texting you earlier because i couldn't get through to the man from missouri. the congressman. and i texted c-span and i didn't know what all you had to put in. i'm with you -- with the lady from new jersey, rhonda that was just on. i want to wish us all a happy holidays, happy hanukkah. and all the other -- happy holidays to everybody. the one thing i'm not crazy

about, this has really got me because i don't know if people remember this -- older people will. i'm 67. korb khafrb said years ago -- gorbachev said that they would never be able to take the united states militarily, but they would have to do it slowly and divide us. and i wish -- my christmas wish would be that we call each other americans. i know you do it because it's a republican line, democratic line. i'm an american. i'm not an independent. aim not this, that, or the other thing. i'm a mother. i'm a child. the one thing is is elon musk has got so much bidding in doing with the chinese, elon in a russian name to begin with. he's south african. the thing is what bothers me most about him, and the reason i called you because i haven't been watching any of this stuff

it upsets me too much, is because he's not -- mr. biden, our president, our president and leader now, regardless of what people think of him, he's still our leader. we should respect him and we should have respect for ourselves. he's not hiding anywhere. we know where he's at. if we need him, he's there. he's older and the man that's coming in is right behind him, he's just as old. except he's got all his cronies coming in with him. and the thing is is i'm with the lady from new jersey. i don't care for all that. the thing is they are all -- how can i say it without being mean. don't like to be negative. but i'm just trying to voice my opinion. i don't care for somebody telling me that if you don't vote this way you are going to lose your job in two years. that is the beginning -- he's

not even sworn in. and i know a lot of people think that he's still the president. and god forgive me i don't want to hurt anybody's feelings. everybody has a right to their own opinions. it's we, the people. we are the people. host: got it, mary. bill in wanes-borough, pennsylvania, democrat. good morning. caller: yes. just yesterday i believe it's the c.r. to keep the government going for another few months. apparently it was headed for being passed. then president trump and his vice president elon musk, they can't wait to start destroying the government until january 20. trump stepped in and told republicans, no. we don't want to pass this.

and this is what about two or three days until the government will shut down. once this is done, and of course it will be blamed on the biden administration because biden is president right now, when this is done, trump and friends can move on with tax cuts for the wealthy in january. then they can start destroying the f.b.i., the department of education, health and human services, and so on. my point is trump can't even wait to become the authoritarian and his oligarchs who will destroy america and destroy our economy. host: all right, bill. this is what representative nancy mace posted on x. she's a republican of south

carolina. she says, shut it down. at this point if there is no plan, let the september c.r. lapse and let's reset january 20. it's not the scary shutdown the lying media tells you it is. the president has the authority to prioritize spending. richard in massachusetts, independent line, good morning. caller: good morning. i called what one woman said about social security and medicare. going to be destroeufpltd it's already been destroyed by politicians. it's being destroyed by fraud. and with the social security -- i was a firefighter for 34 years. i lost half of my social security because of that bill. that was voted on by congress. they voted for it. now it's got to be voted on the

senate by january 3. i got papers from social security let me know. i just want that woman to know that they are going to be -- if they turn it down, then we lose it. we go back to what we are. i thank you for listening to me. you have a merry christmas. host: you too, richard. john in pottstown, pennsylvania. democrat. caller: good morning. host: good morning, john. caller: a lot of americans, including me, i'm sure there are americans like me out there who have many disabilities, what i'm concerned about is with elon musk and vivek with with the department of government efficiency. they said, i saw a few articles, they want to cut social security and medicare and medicaid. the thing is i have social

security and medicaid and i'm worried that because of their drastic cuts with with that that it's going to affect many people with disabilities who are unable to work, like me, who rely on that for health reasons and for monthly money to -- and that's with with all the food stamps, to survive. host: arthur in utica, michigan, republican, good morning. caller: yes. i wanted to wish everybody a merry christmas and good morning. what i'd like to talk about is social security, when they brought this out they said with baby boomers and that they should have all kinds of money in there. i want to say when you and your wife work all the years, 30, 40 years, and one dies, you get the

highest amount. but your bills don't cut in half. that's what i'm upset about. and also i know from years that they have been putting i.o.u.'s in there, congress have. and taking money out. and have they ever paid it back? have you any information on that? that's all i got to say. i wish everybody god bless. host: you, too. robert is in overton, texas, independent line. good morning. caller: good morning. host: go ahead, robert. caller: yes. i'm calling in regard to two things. number one, a government shutdown. i lived through that in the 1970's. we all gathered together what funds we have to support the families who didn't get paid.

we came through that. the other thing i'm calling about is the strikers. i'm telling you, anybody that's on strike has never created anything. they just seek to steal from other employers. i tell them to eat bugs and pound sand. i sproert scabs who try to get out there and work and support their families. i appreciate your letting me express my opinion. thank you very much. host: leonard in atlanta, georgia. republican. caller: hi, yes. this is leonard. i'm calling in reference to everything that's been going on in the united states for years. i'm a disabled veteran. and i have been around for quite a while. i have been listening to all the

other people that have came on this line and expressed their displeasure with how the united states government and has been treating its citizens. the thing i can't understand is, why? it just seems like all of those people up there, whether you are republican, democrat, independent, whoever you claim to be, you got some kind of mental problem. you have a mental problem and heartless problem. they don't really believe in that because god says that, guess what? he wants his people to prosper. and for this country to be as great as it is, there is a lot of impoverishment within its borders. i'm looking at the thing right now, ready to push the button because you don't want to hear

what i got to say, guess what? that's indicative of what the united states government is. it does not want to hear what its own citizens have to say. these people are suffering. we are suffering. and the whole country is suffering. right now the whole world is suffering. host: got it, leonard. previous caller mentioned the strike going on. probably referring to the amazon strike. here's fox business that says this. teamsters union launches historic nationwide strike against amazon, quote, paying the price. teamsters represents about 10,000 workers at 10 amazon facilities across the united states. if you want to learn more about that it's at fox business.com. and max in south carolina, independent. caller: yes, ma'am. just a question. american who wants to be

supportive of the judicial system and what it stands for, i get totally confused when the justice department tells us that president biden is too old and too inept to stand trial. but then he can pardon over 1,500 people. which is it? if there is any explanation. is he not capable of standing trial but is capable of making major decisions? i'm really confused as a citizen. thank you so much for your time. host: all right, max. this is john in lexington, illinois. line for democrats. you are on open forum, john. caller: merry christmas. host: merry christmas to you. caller: i just got a couple things i don't think it will ever happen. we wouldn't be in these shutdown

crises if our legislators, senate and house of representatives, didn't get paid during the shutdown. and i think social security being a lot better shape if the same people had to retire on social security just like 95% of the americans do. and the last thing i got to say is is i think anybody that's going to be in charge of the largest military in the united states, our president, one of the rules to become president is you have to serve. you have to have served. you have to have a little bit of experience before you run the largest military. and that's all i wanted to say. merry christmas, mimi. merry christmas to everybody else. host: judy in hudson, florida, republican line. hi. caller: hi. listen, i'm watching the cnn -- the open forum here. i would like to say to mary and rhonda, who badmouthed president

trump, i want to let them know that president trump is the greatest president we ever had. all he's trying to do is reform the government. keep the crooked politicians from taking over. i just wanted to let you know that rhonda is way out of line and she should keep her mouth shut about president trump. what he went through to become president is unprecedented. thank you. host: john in falls church, virginia. democrat. hi. caller: hi. representative green left a bad impression at the end of his discussion. he said he was talking about social security checks wouldn't go out if the federal government is shut down. but that's not really true because there is a category of employee called critical. and they are going to be working and the people sitting -- sending out the checks are those people. host: those checks -- that is my understanding. those checks do go out, but

those people don't get paid during that time. correct. until the government reopens. then they would get -- then they would be paid. bill in? gone. ok. this is bill in new jersey, republican. hi. caller: good morning. the reason i'm calling one side, the democratic party always talking about the rich paying their fair share. as far as social security is concerned, it stops now at $147,000. once you make that threshold, you pay no more social security. nor does your employer. i feel that everybody should pay social security on their working earnings. not investment but working earnings. the rich people like the c.e.o.'s, like the man that got killed, i feel bad for him, but the man that got killed, $10 million a year.

if they paid social security on that money, the social security would probably triple in the amount they get. if they listen -- please, don't shut me off. if they listen to me and take part of that money and pay down the national debt we could stop the beating people up, thank you. host: bill, you still there? no. this is timothy in new york, independent line. caller: hi. thank you. good morning. i want to preface the call by saying i'm recently retired 30-year veteran, new york city high school history teacher. i taught in the bronx for 30 years, and vocational high school and paralegal program. taught everything from american history, world history, civics, economics, and even class in political science. i got distracted here at home. let me get to the point.

the issue that is the bottom line to every problem that every caller has addressed this morning is the left of ignorance in this country. that's why i mentioned i'm a retired teacher. not a retired fireman like my father. not talking about the kids in the bronx i talked. some of the most amazing kids i ever met. i taught girls who with skipped boko haram, the son of a jordanian pilot in one of my classes. the reason i mention this is because this country is now 13th in education. i looked it up yesterday. we used to be number one and two, next to japan and germany. 13th. and currently only 51% of our population has a tertiary situation -- host: what do you mean by that? caller: that's considered above high school. you either went to a technical school or junior college or went to a four-year college university. in other words, we got people in high school dip phroeplas and that's it. after that they don't know a

thing about political science. they don't know a thing about the government. that's why we have elections the way we do. and i can back this up by saying look at the number of people who are anti-sra*bgsers, qanon believers shall and misinformation and disinformation that the technological age has given us. i watched the kids in the classroom go from side kicks to blackberries to cell phones, to smart phones. and it's supposed to have made the country and world smarter. it has not. it has dumbed down america. that's why we get election results the way we did. the woman who spoke against rhonda who spoke against the previous president can't even say his name? get an education. i would bet my pension, hear me out, i bet my pension the newly elected president, president-elect, could not pass the united states history government new york state regents exam. it's 50 mull tip the choice questions and two essays, i bet my pension he could not pass it.

period. right now america has -- half the america has elected an uneducated person just to match their own level of ignorance. host: all right, timothy. charles in fort lee, new jersey, independent line. hi. caller: good morning. about a weeks ago i heard -- a week ago i heard the fact revealed that since the covid ended something like 96%, or 95% of government workers don't show up to work. they do it at home. this was revealed a few years after covid ended. the problem is, one of the problems is, that the people in congress work 140 days out of the year. they barely show up to work. most of the work, including this 1,500 page dossier, was put together by staff. congress doesn't show up to

work. which is emblematic. how would the congress actually authorize 935 or so percent of its workforce -- 95 or so percent of its workforce that don't have to show up. who's minding the store? it seems as if no one is minding the store, which is the problem as to why every single year we are $2 trillion in the hole. because they just continue doing things and not show up to really figure out what it is that they want to do. how can any american actually understand how 95% of the american workforce that works for the government doesn't show up? host: charles, i just want to -- i was looking that up. so this is gov exect states as of may of 2024, 54% of federal

employees spent all of their work hours at traditional work sites. because of the nature of their work precludes telework. 46% of the federal workforce is eligible for telework, only about 41.4% actually use the workplace flexibility to telework at least situationally. and that data comes from the office of management and budget. i'm not sure where the figure comes from. do you know where that came from? caller: well, it came from is the news programs say something like 95% of the workforce doesn't need to show up. host: do you remember which news program? i could look it up. caller: almost any one of them. that's the point. they seem to be -- all of them saying this. my point is that could you imagine that the normal worker

working at ford or general motors or teacher in a school can say can i do this at home? you can just have a television screen as the man before us said. i can instruct my students by home. it seems to be -- it seems idiotic. host: got your point, charles. this is randy in hager city, wisconsin, republican. hi. caller: yep. pher will i christmas, everybod, everybody. i want everybody to know that social security and medicare i have paid into it, i retired, 75 years old, i paid into that for all my years that i worked, that i still worked right up here until the last few years. it's our money. the government can't take our money. we paid into that. that's our money. and when they have a shutdown, the shutdown should stop the money with no -- back to the people, but it should stop the

money for everybody in congress. they don't get paid and they don't get any money back when they go back to work. so they better get that budget all straightened out. they have a whole year to do it. then they wait until the last minute. look what we got every year. that's the way it should be. thank you very much. host: david in flemington, new jersey, independent line, good morning. caller: thank you, mimii want to make a couple quick points. one of the reasons that head start is on that 2025 whatever is because it is the avatar, symbol, iconic program of the left, l.b.j.'s great society with when it started. the problem with with head start is that like other programs from lyndon johnson in the 1960's it's meant to address generational poverty. here in flemington, new jersey, 90% of the students in head start are first generation. there is almost no

african-americans, no native americans, and no of the poorest white americans who are from places like appalachia, etc. we can debate that all we want. secondly, what republicans and democrats could agree on regarding head start is getting rid of the community action programs that exploit the workers. these community action programs around the country take in billions of dollars in grants. they are never monitored. here in new jersey the run that -- one that runs in flemington have executives that live comfortably. and they have subpoverty wages for the workers in head start. i wish republicans and democrats would look at how these community action programs like the one that runs head start here treat their frontline workers and how they decide what to pay themselves. we can debate all we want who should receive the services, but it is wrong what these community

action programs are doing. they are never monitored for how they treat the workers. but they are monitored for every standard in head start. i thank you. host: here's letisha in palm springs, california, republican. caller: good morning. i just want to mention because it's an open forum that -- a lot of people that were mentioned about education, our education is very low compare to the rest of the world. and we have exceedingly excelled in that. but my point that i wanted to say is that most people don't realize that if you are in debt the way the united states is in debt, how do they think -- what do they think is going to happen to the united states? if you don't pay your credit cards or your bills, or you don't pay your taxes on your home, you lose your home.

you no longer the owner of your property. and that -- our debt goes to the rest of the world, especially china and other countries. i think that people need to look at that problem. host: all right. and this is axios has this article that just came out. it says that u.s. economic growth revised up to 3.1% in third quarter. this is a change in g.d.p., the gross domestic product. and here it is for the third quarter of 2024. it says that the u.s. economy grew at a 3.1% annualized pace in the third quarter. stronger than previously thought. that's according to the commerce department. it says the revision suggests 2024 was yet another shocker year in which the u.s. economy surprised to the upside as other

major nations grappled with sluggish growth. can you read that at axios -- you can read that at axios. here's rick. illinois. democrat. hi. how's it going? caller: i got a really dumb question this morning. what's going to happen if the capitol police call in a blue flu? the incoming president really does deserve it. host: is that what are you suggesting? caller: i also wanted to agree with that last educator you had on. i think that every one of these appointees should take a 50-point test for the position they are trying toe take and none would pass -- to take, and none would pass it. host: all right, rick. and a couple of items just for your schedule. later today we have secretary blinken that is already under way. he's at the u.n. security

council for two meetings. the one that's going on right now is about artificial intelligen and many implications for maintaining international peace. at 1:30 the humanitarian crisis in sudan. that's all on c-span3. also we have this breakin news just before i let you go from axios, fani willis is disqualified from trump's georgia election interference case. that's according to the georgia court of appeals. it ruled today to disqualify the fulton county district attorney, fani willis, from president-elect trump's state 2020 election interference case over a conflict of interest. and that's all the time that we have for today's "washington journal." thanks for joining us. and we'll be back again tomorrow morning 7 a.m. eastern. have a great day, everybody. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2024] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy visit ncicap.org]

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cohen of punchbowl news explaining where things currently stand with the government funding deadline. as of yesterday president donald trump was calling for a clean continuing resolution that would also raise the debt ceiling. he's now telling fox news that any republican who doesn't take care of the debt ceiling should be primaried. also, with the president-elect weighing in, multiple house republicans now calling for a government shutdown until the next administration is sworn in next month. max cohen also notes that house democrats are essentially leaving it up to republicans to figure out a way forward, saying they're in no mood to bail out republicans after the bipartisan spending agreement was shelved by republican leadership. the hill also reports on the funding deadline --