It'll be even worse next year, when they have less of a mandate than they do now. Local shills better buckle uphttps://thehill.com/homenews/house/5044208-house-republicans-fume-speaker-johnson-cr/House Republicans are fuming at Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) handling of an end-of-year measure to extend government funding until March, saying it is more like a sprawling omnibus — which they abhor — than a simple temporary funding measure.The continuing resolution (CR), which will keep government funding at current levels through March 14, is also set to include $100.4 billion in disaster aid for those affected by hurricanes earlier this year and $10 billion in economic assistance for farmers, lawmakers said, among other provisions. “It’s not a CR, which is a continuation of the budget. It’s turning into an omnibus,” Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said.The final text of the measure has not yet been released, as congressional leaders work through the remaining hangups ahead of Friday’s funding deadline. But as the package begins to come into clear focus, Republicans of all stripes — including hard-line conservatives, committee chairs and moderates — are hammering away at Johnson for its contents, the process he followed to craft it, and how he plans to bring it to the floor for a vote.“It’s a total dumpster fire. I think it’s garbage,” said Rep. Eric Burlison (R-Mo.), a member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus. “This is what Washington, D.C., has done. This is why I ran for Congress, to try to stop this. And sadly, this is happening again.”“We get this negotiated crap, and we’re forced to eat this crap sandwich,” echoed Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas), another Freedom Caucus member. “Why? Because freaking Christmas is right around the corner. It’s the same dang thing every year. Legislate by crisis, legislate by calendar. Not legislate because it’s the right thing to do.”
The gripes are not just coming from hard-line conservatives. Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.), who represents a district won by President Biden in 2020 and Vice President Harris last month, stood up during the GOP conference meeting and told Johnson the government funding process has not been member-driven, according to a source in the room.Lawler also aired grievances about Democrats playing a key role in the funding process, telling Johnson at one point, “I’m not a f‑‑‑ing Democrat.”“Lawler just went to the microphone and he said, ‘This is no way to due process. … This is bulls‑‑‑,’” the source said. “He’s like, ‘Look, why are you telling me, if I want something I need to go talk to [Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer], and [House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries] hasn’t blessed this.’”“He literally said, ‘because I’m not a f‑‑‑ing Democrat,’” the source added. “He said, you know, I should be able to go move the concerns and priorities for my district without having to go talk to these guys. He said it hasn’t been a member-driven process.”At one point, when Johnson told his members that the CR was a collaborative effort that had committee involvement, Rep. Jason Smith (R-Mo.), the chair of the Ways and Means Committee, responded “not true,” according to a source in the room. Smith declined to answer questions from reporters as he left the meeting.Johnson, for his part, sought to sell the emerging package to his conference during the meeting, claiming to members that Schumer negotiated in bad faith and that Democrats did not secure any wins in the bill, another source in the room told The Hill.After the gathering, the Speaker downplayed concerns from Republicans who said the bill is akin to an omnibus.
“This is not an omnibus, OK? This is a small CR that we had to add things to that were out of our control,” Johnson said in a press conference. “These are not man-made disasters. These are things that are — the federal government has an appropriate role to do.”“So, I wish it weren’t necessary. I wish we hadn’t had record hurricanes in the fall. And I wish our farmers were not in a bind so much that creditors are not able to lend to them. We have to be able to help those who are in these dire straits,” Johnson said.While details about the final product are beginning to emerge, several key questions remain, including whether Johnson plans to give members at least 72 hours to review the legislation and whether he intends to move the legislation through regular order with a procedural rule rather than under the fast-track process of suspension of the rules. The latter requires support from Democrats to achieve a two-thirds majority for passage, but bypasses a procedural vote that conservatives have used to hold up legislation.Johnson was noncommittal about allowing 72 hours for review during the closed-door conference meeting, a source in the room told The Hill. During a press conference minutes later, however, the Speaker expressed support for the 72-hour rule and said he would try to move the legislation through a regular rule process.That would mean a vote on the bill would not come until at least Friday, frustrating lawmakers who were initially scheduled to fly out for the end-of-year holidays Thursday afternoon.The broad frustration with the end-of-year package from across the conference is putting Johnson in a precarious position as he aims to remain Speaker next year with an even slimmer House GOP majority than what he has now. A key indicator that his Speakership is on the ropes would be if a majority of House Republicans oppose the CR.
>>1368994You have a mental illness, OP
>>1369014trump poo poo diddywhen the modern daybGOP gets power, they want to break as much as possible, so the dems have a mess to clean up. What the jan 6 rioters did to the CAPITOL is the perfect analogy to what the GOP will do the next 4 yrs
>>1368994Shut the fuck up, faggot tranny. The reason they're not funding this spending bill is because it's intentionally trying to fuck the incoming administration over.
>>1369014>>1369045seething chuds gonna seethe
>>1369045Its a CR dumbass.
>>1368994What are these retards gonna do? File a motion to vacate again? Oh please do it Margery. Let's start this new administration with the house unable to function.
>>1369092>“It’s not a CR, which is a continuation of the budget. It’s turning into an omnibus,” Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said.
>>1369228>Believing the Jewish space lasers ladyISHYGDDT
>>1369045>funding the government is fucking over the government overMIGAtard logic
