A handful of House Republicans are saying NO to the proposed spending package that would keep federal agencies funded through March 14. Lawmakers are debating this because the government is once again about to hit a debt limit on Saturday.
The proposed bill is 1,500 pages long and includes all kinds of non-emergency payments including $130 billion to renew the Farm Bill, $100 billion in disaster relief, $10 billion in stimulus for farmers, $8 billion to replace the Francis Scott Key Bridge, etc.
Several Republicans have said that they will not support this. A short list includes: Rep Keith Self, Rep. Nancy Mace Rep. Wesley Hunt Rep. Kat Cammack Rep. Andy Biggs Rep. Bob Good Rep. Paul Gosar Rep. Ralph Norman Rep. Tim Burchett Rep. Chip Roy
And of course Rep. Thomas Massie who warned about this December 20 deadline as a ruse to rush through a sham of a bill. He said this in September. He’s not a psychic, he’s a well-worn cynic and it’s high time we listened to him!
Speaker Johnson is promoting this bill as if this is the last time he’ll ask this of Congress since we will have a Republican-controlled Congress sin 2025. Rep Massie’s response is thus: “US foreign aid spending is like watering the neighbor’s yard while your house is on fire.”
