Schumer: We Want Omnibus Bill for Whole Year ‘to Avoid the Problem’ of House GOP ‘Having Any Control

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Schumer: We Want Omnibus Bill for Whole Year ‘to Avoid the Problem’ of House GOP ‘Having Any Control’

Ian Hanchett 7 Dec 2022

On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “All In,” Senate Majority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said Democrats want to pass an omnibus spending bill to cover government spending for the whole next year so that way, they can “avoid the problem” of a House Republican majority under Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) “having any control” over spending legislation and Democrats are helped in their push for an omnibus spending bill by the fact that “Republican hawks on military stuff realize that if we had a CR, a continuing resolution, that would really hurt our troops, our military readiness, etc.”

Schumer stated, “Well, first, we hope to get an omnibus done, a spending bill for the whole next year, to avoid the problem of McCarthy having any control. We’re working. Obviously, we have to come to a bipartisan agreement. We’re working with them on that regard. There are negotiations going on. And in fact, one of the things that helps us is, even Republican hawks on military stuff realize that if we had a CR, a continuing resolution, that would really hurt our troops, our military readiness, etc. So, we’re pushing hard to get an omnibus bill there.”

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Whip Steve Scalise: House GOP Will Debate All 12 Appropriations Bills Individually, No Omnibus
Posted By Tim Hains
On Date December 7, 2022

House Minority Whip (who will probably be the Republican Majority Leader next year) Rep. Steve Scalise told Fox Business Network's Larry Kudlow on Tuesday that House Republicans will try to pass individual appropriations bills next year instead of passing an omnibus.

"We've got to get away from these big spending bills, it is why we have inflation and the high cost of everything now. The government went on a drunken spending spree the last two years, every bill was a trillion for this, a trillion for that. Ultimately, somebody has to pay for it," Scalise said.

"We’ve talked about doing it differently and we’ve laid out a calendar for next year to be able to bring all twelve of the appropriations bills, individually, debate each item separately, vote up or down based on the merits of what’s in it, have real fiscal restraint, make agencies justify what they’re doing with your hard-earned taxpayer dollars," Scalise told Larry Kudlow.

"That hasn’t happened in a long time. And yet, that is something that we’re going to be doing. We’re making plans right now for getting that done in the new Congress. But in the meantime, there are still a few remaining items in this lame duck. We sure don’t want additional damage done to our economy. So, we’re having those fights right now."

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2022/12/07/whip_steve_scalise_house_gop_will_debate_all_12_appropriations_bills_individually_no_omnibus.html

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Denying a duly elected body a say in spending is an attempt at a coup.