The bipartisan federal spending plan heralded by Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., to avert a government shutdown has been scrapped as House Republicans, President-elect Donald Trump and Tesla and X owner Elon Musk joined in criticizing the deal, The Washington Post reported Wednesday.

Criticism of the 1,547-page behemoth of a spending package built steadily throughout the day and culminated with a long written statement from Trump and Vice President-elect J.D. Vance posted late in the afternoon on Vance’s X account. It has forced Johnson back to the drawing board on a plan to prevent a Christmastime shutdown, the Post reported.

“Your elected representatives have heard you and now the terrible bill is dead,” Musk posted on X after he spent the day criticizing the legislation. “The voice of the people has triumphed!”

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