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General Category => Politics/Government => Topic started by: mystery-ak on March 22, 2024, 01:14:10 pm
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House GOP revolts against speaker over government spending bill: ‘Johnson blew it’
By
Cami Mondeaux
March 22, 2024 6:00 am
House Republicans are decrying the final government spending legislation up for a vote Friday, accusing House Speaker Mike Johnson of failing to secure key GOP wins in a 1,012-page bill that was largely negotiated behind closed doors without lawmaker input.
The $1.2 trillion minibus legislation has been touted as a win by both Republican and Democratic leaders. But some hard-line Republicans are criticizing the legislation as a “failure of leadership” from Johnson, claiming the party was not able to secure as many policy wins as they should have with their House majority.
“It’s total lack of backbone, total lack of leadership, and a total failure by Republican leadership. There’s no other way to describe it,” Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) said on Steve Bannon’s War Room on Thursday. “This bill is an abomination.”
Republican leaders have lauded the bill as securing key provisions in terms of border security, including measures to provide funding for 22,000 border agents, a 25% spending increase for border technology, and a 20% cut in federal funding to nongovernmental organizations that provide transportation and food vouchers to immigrants who are released into the country on asylum claims.
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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2933061/house-gop-revolts-johnson-government-spending-legislation/
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I believe MTG just made a motion to vacate the chair.
God Bless her!
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Again, why was this time going to be different?
The House GOP is playing the Dem game by Dem rules.
Declare defeat on FY 2024 Budget ... pass a continuing resolution for the remainder of FY 2024 with modest cuts ... write a supplemental spending bill that give Ukraine twice what was asked for + a provision that says all asylum applicants need to remain outside the United States until their assylum case has been adjudicated.
Taiwan and Israel can wait.
Start legislation and debate on the FY 2025 Budget.
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Chip Roy is correct --- “It’s total lack of backbone, total lack of leadership, and a total failure by Republican leadership. There’s no other way to describe it .... This bill is an abomination.”
So, once again the GOP caved as our Republic continues to crumble. Nice!