Senate Democrats responded to the original stopgap spending agreement’s collapse on Wednesday by calling billionaire Elon Musk” co-president” and” shadow speaker” among other titles after he and ultimately President-elect Donald Trump publicly opposed it. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., criticized Musk for appearing to be the “man in charge of the country now” and for allowing him to veto the bill’s quick failure despite having bipartisan leaders in Congress agreed to it. A partial government shutdown will begin if a determine to provide for the government is not approved by Congress and signed by President Joe Biden by midnight on Saturday night. As of Thursday, the U. S. national debt was at$ 36, 167, 604, 149, 955.61 and continues to climb quickly. Senate Republicans attempt to quickly cash in on incident defense pay as they bribe for slaughterAfter a 1, 547-page short-term spending bill was introduced this week. Musk rapidly took to Twitter’s X, where it was previously known, to trash it, blatantly pointing out different ostensibly unimportant features as well as its cost and size. He was soon joined by another detractors, and President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance issued their own statement opposing the bill. Democrats who were uneasy with Musk’s obvious ability to influence Trump and the Republicans in Congress were quick to criticize it. TOP SENATE DEMS POUR COLD WATER ON LATEST GOP SPENDING BILL PLANS: ‘ READY TO STAY ‘ By CHRISTMAS” He’s the one who seems to be calling the pictures”, Warren told investigators. Elon Musk clearly controls the Republican Party, and he has done so in vain. So I’m not sure how the Republicans intend to bounce back from that,” she said. Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., suggested that Musk is “already the dark speaker of the House”, in a little against House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La. TIM SCOTT’S SENATE CAMPAIGN ARM STAFF REVEALED Back OF Essential 2026 SWING STATE RACES” I think he’s appointed, and he’s created a whole lot of damage”, said Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga. He claimed that Congressmen were “busy listening to Co-President Musk and co-President Trump.” I’m speaking to the people of Georgia, particularly the producers who are battling to find disaster relief. And, we need to make sure that we get that over the finish line” .Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., reiterated that Musk is not an elected official. ” He doesn’t have any formal state job”, he said. ‘ Sen. McSaunders announced a possible limited shutdown of the country after the Republican leader’s meeting with the House, saying that because of him, the president-elect is on the verge of losing his jobs and receiving no money over the holidays. Despite their Democrat acquaintances ‘ assertions, Republicans fought back against the notion that Trump was being influenced by Musk. Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., noted that there are “lots of citizens around President Trump”, adding that he doesn’t consider Musk has power over what the president-elect does. Trump appointed Musky to lead the Department of Government Efficiency ( DOGE ), a proposed advisory board tasked with removing government waste, along with former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy.