Posted on 11/30/2022 3:58:02 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Sens. Mike Lee, Ted Cruz, Rick Scott, and Mike Braun are warning Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell against greenlighting Democrats’ massive omnibus spending bill before the newly elected, GOP-controlled House of Representatives is officially sworn in.
The coalition of senators sent a letter on Wednesday urging the GOP head to ignore pleas to extend the government’s funding beyond when the new Congress takes office to encompass the entire 2023 fiscal year, including increased spending on Ukraine.
“We must not accept anything other than a short-term Continuing Resolution that funds the federal government until shortly after the 118th Congress is sworn in,” the senators wrote. “No additional spending, no additional policy priorities should be included. Any urgent items that require the Senate’s attention should be considered separately and under their own terms.”
If McConnell rushes to pass the omnibus bill without the new House’s input, the Republican senators say he will be guilty of directly contradicting voters’ wishes.
“On November 8, 2022, the American people made their voices heard at the ballot box. Using the Democratic process, millions of Americans sent a message – they want divided power in Washington to curb the worst excesses of both parties,” the lawmakers wrote.
Already, McConnell has signaled strong support for overruling his voters in favor of showering Washington with more taxpayer dollars.
“There’s widespread agreement that we’d be better off with an omnibus than a [continuing resolution],” McConnell said Tuesday, echoing Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s words.
Lee, Cruz, Scott, and Braun, however, explicitly state that they “stand with the voters” on this issue.
“We believe it would be both imprudent, and a reflection of poor leadership, for Republicans to ignore the will of the American people and rubber stamp an omnibus spending bill that funds ten more months of President Biden’s agenda without any check on his reckless policies that have led to a 40-year high in inflation,” the senators said.
Already, Americans across the nation are feeling the effects of excessive spending led by President Joe Biden and the Democrats. Their “$4.8 trillion increase in the national deficit,” the senators note, is weighing on Americans in the form of an average cost increase of $753 per month.
“It should be up to the new Congress to set spending priorities for the remainder of this fiscal year,” the senators wrote. “Now is the time for Republicans to get serious about leading America towards a better future.”
Don’t expect anything from McCarthy in the next Congress. He has already signaled that he is on board with an omnibus spending bill. McCarthy wants to control things. That means that he and few of uniparty friends will write the omnibus bill and sends it to the floor for vote before anyone can read it. Republicans will be told to vote for the omnibus bill. This is tantamount to disenfranchising Americans. Citizens’ voices cannot be heard in Congress because their representatives are not heard. Our votes mean nothing.
Good God McConnell is a worm.
McConnell has turned into Bob Dole, “the tax collector for the welfare state.”
If they wait, The GOP House will initiate a new bill for the Seantebto vote on, rather than vote on the democrat bill on the table now.
I can no longer support either party. I’m done. Swamp USA.
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The problem is they’ve fooled so many, for so long, why would they change?
Looks like the Perfect Scam to them.
People accurately quote Mitch and Lindsey- they don’t say a thing in response, and Idiots are out there defending them.
They’re working on their 3rd fortune.
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I’m happy to say the one of my Republican Senators, Mike Braun, from Indiana co-signed this letter. My other RINO Senator, Todd Young is a back stabbing @#&^%.
He has already pocketed the cash. Sorry patriots.
Mitch is a CCP asset.
So what were the voters’ wishes?
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Do you really believe voters in Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Arizona got what the majority voted for?
Elections are now determined by ballots, not voters
Mitch works for Soros. No dice GOP.
Ukraine is dead. No reason to pour more of our money into a corpse.
When the GOP took control of the House in 94, the flat tax was his hobby horse. Then, toward the end of the session, he said it would have to be shelved until the next Congress. Over the years fiscal responsibility is always right on the other side of the next omnibus, the next CR, the next time we take control of Congress. I really loathe these people, and I loathe the fact that electing the other side is even worse
McConnell is still spouting Democrat lines. Don’t expect much
help from him.
“Trump will not be president.”
Does anyone have a size 34 sock for that guy’s gullet?
Looks like the scene in Texas Chainsaw Massacre with the old decrepit man at the head of the table.
Which one of them is gonna prick their finger and feed him blood?
Ukraine has natural resources valued at #4 in the world.
Stopping Russian aggression and denying Russia a stronger monopoly position on oil and gas and grain and weapons and steel is definitely in American interests.
Russia has already caused 8 million refugees. How big a humanitarian crisis does it have to be before you’re willing to lift a finger?
The lessons of WWI and WWII is that you need to stop aggressors early. If you don’t, you end up fighting them when they are stronger. We have a chance right now to fight them without even sending any of our own soldiers, just weapons. This is fighting aggression on the cheap.
The DC toilets chain is broke and it cant be flushed
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