Early Saturday morning, the Senate passed a bipartisan bill that greatly increases the chances of the Commanders building at the site of RFK Stadium.

The Washington Commanders plan to build a new stadium in the next few years. Everything was lining up for the team to return to the iconic RFK site in D.C., but a tweet from Elon Musk appears to have derailed the plans.

District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser tried Thursday to correct misinformation amplified online by Elon Musk about how Congress’ end-of-year spending bill will impact efforts for a potential new stadium for the NFL’s Washington Commanders.

Musk spent Wednesday stirring Republicans into a frenzy over the stopgap spending bill filed by Johnson — one loaded up with $100 billion in disaster aid funding, billions more in farm assistance and dozens of other side deals that pushed the final product past 1,500 pages.

Musk used his social network X to stir Republicans into a frenzy over the stopgap spending bill filed the night before by House Speaker Mike Johnson, who was forced by his thin majority to negotiate with Democrats on a resolution that could pass in time to avert a government shutdown that would start 12:01 a.m. Saturday.

A provision that would have given D.C. control of more than 170 acres at the site that still houses RFK Stadium was excluded from a spending bill that passed in Congress on Friday, a blow to the Commanders' hopes of returning to the area.

Jayden Daniels isn’t the only person in town capable of completing a Hail Mary. The U.S. Senate passed legislation early Saturday morning that would give the District of Columbia control of the 174-acre RFK campus,

Passage of the legislation, which transfers the land to D.C. at no cost, is a tremendous win for Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D), who has long sought to redevelop the site.

Musk on Wednesday, before the provision was dropped, recirculated a claim on X that the legislation included $3 billion for a new NFL stadium in the District. The provision, however, included no new federal funding - it even specifically banned the use of federal funds for a new stadium.

A measure that would give D.C. control of the RFK Stadium site was stripped from the new version of a federal government funding bill, 7News has learned.

The country is facing the possibility of a government shutdown starting Saturday, which would affect Washington life heading into the holidays.Why it matters: The D.C. region would especially feel the hit of a shutdown: It's home to some 300,