Congressional leadership unveiled legislation Wednesday to punt the government funding deadline down the road, but that bill was pronounced dead only hours after it was revealed. It led to the intervention of Trump-allied conservatives like Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy,

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are urging lawmakers not to pass a government funding extension that would prevent a major shutdown at the end of the week. "This bill should not pass," Musk wrote on X Wednesday morning.

The Trump administration’s approach risks undermining the federal government’s ability to serve the public while wasting taxpayer dollars.”