Trump, Vance call on Congress to scrap budget bill, pass clean CR 'without Democrat giveaways'

President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect J.D. Vance on Thursday slammed the continuing resolution before Congress and told Republicans to call Democrats' bluff on a government shutdown. 

"The most foolish and inept thing ever done by Congressional Republicans was allowing our country to hit the debt ceiling in 2025. It was a mistake and is now something that must be addressed," the statement posted to Vance's X account reads.

Congress has until Dec. 20 to pass a stopgap to fund the government until March of next year to avert a government shutdown. 

The continuing resolution has faced criticism from House Republicans for giving a pay raise to members of Congress and increasing the debt ceiling. 

"The bill would make it easier to hide the records of the corrupt January 6 committee—which accomplished nothing for the American people and hid security failures that happened that day," the statement said. "This bill would also give Congress a pay increase while many Americans are struggling this Christmas."

Both Trump and Vance called on Republicans to be tough and to call the Democrats' bluff regarding a potential government shutdown.

"Republicans must GET SMART and TOUGH," the statement reads. "If Democrats threaten to shut down the government unless we give them everything they want, then CALL THEIR BLUFF. It is Schumer and Biden who are holding up aid to our farmers and disaster relief."

Congressman Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., predicted that if the stopgap bill gets scrapped, it will likely be replaced with a clean continuing resolution. 

"I would just suggest that it's probably going to be a clean CR so it won't be total disruption," Biggs said on a "Just the News, No Noise" special with AMAC.