DOGE's Elon Musk slams Republican 1,547-page spending bill: 'Ever seen a bigger piece of pork?'
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Elon Musk, Donald Trump's pick to hack away frivolous government spending, publicly slammed Speaker Mike Johnson's funding plan after talking to him about it. Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy have been tasked by President-elect Donald Trump to co-chair the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and slash trillions of dollars in federal spending.
![[After unveiling a massive spending bill Tuesday night, many Republicans have disapproved of Mike Johnson's government funding plan]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/18/16/93281277-14206371-image-a-18_1734539097104.jpg)
The speaker has been warm toward the DOGE leaders, going as far as holding a press conference with them earlier this month to tout their budget-trimming agenda. However, in the waning days before Christmas, as lawmakers are itching to return home, Johnson has unveiled a massive, 1,547-page spending bill that he expects Republicans and Democrats to approve by Friday, giving them scant time to even read the fine print.
![[Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., from left, walks with Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk, who is carrying his son X as they arrive for a roundtable meeting to discuss President-elect Donald Trump's planned Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/18/16/93281281-14206371-image-a-20_1734539707053.jpg)
Attached to the package is over $100 billion relief aid to help states reeling from a disastrous hurricanes Milton and Helene. It also provides farmers with assistance, approves cash for submarines and helps with other disasters. The biblically-sized bill is a continuing resolution (CR) to extend government funding until March, basically kicking the funding issue down the road three months. It is the second stop-gap spending bill pushed by Johnson since September.
![[Musk has made numerous posts disparaging Johnson's CR Wednesday morning]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/18/16/93281285-14206371-image-a-22_1734539758905.jpg)
After the bill's details were released on Tuesday night, Speaker Johnson, Musk and Vivek spoke about the contents in a group chat. Then, after discussing the CR with the speaker, Musk, a close ally of Trump's, began publicly deriding the Johnson's plan that is also facing backlash from Republicans.
