McCarthy: We Can’t Have a Spending Increase in Omnibus Written by People Who Are Retiring and Unaccountable to Voters

breitbart.com ^ | 12/13/22 | IAN HANCHETT

[cotton1706]

On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Hannity,” House Minority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) reacted to the omnibus framework by pointing out that the two leaders on the Senate Appropriations Committee, Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), and Vice Chairman Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL), who agreed to the deal with House Appropriations Committee Chair Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), are leaving the Senate when their terms expire in January, “So, there’s no way that the taxpayer or the constituents can hold them accountable for what they’re about to do.”

McCarthy stated, “[T]he two people who lead in this Appropriations, Sen. Leahy and Sen. Shelby, will no longer be here in 21 days. They did not run for re-election. So, there’s no way that the taxpayer or the constituents can hold them accountable for what they’re about to do. Why wouldn’t you wait 21 more days? What they’re talking about is adding the baseline, meaning where would we start in the next year. They want to increase it somewhere between 90 and $130 billion. Instead of saving money, instead of cutting back in this world of inflation that we have, why would we — if we do nothing in the CR, we’re going to save ourselves almost $100 billion. That’s the hard-earned taxpayer money. And are you going to get a time to read it? They’re trying to jam us right before Christmas. Why would you ever move forward when there’s a change in power in 21 days where Republicans would have a stronger hand? … Are two individuals who are leaving the Senate going to write a bill where they add 100 billion more dollars?”

[cotton1706]

They do this EVERY YEAR, but McCarthy acts like he's just catching on to the game.

The Ruling Oligarchy LOVES getting their agenda items passed OUTSIDE of the people's accountability. So they LOVE lame duck congresses using retiring or defeated members, who are more than happy to help out.

The current congress is neutering the new House majority's power to set the spending limits for the coming year, with the help of Portman and Toomey and Burr and Blunt and Inhofe and Shelby and Cheney and Kinzinger and Upton and Meijer, etc.

[rlmorel]

I read the last time a real budget was passed was in 2007.

Wow.

Our goose really is cooked here.

[OHPatriot]

WOW Kevin, that is a BRILLIANT observation. Only those who will be in office after Jan 1 should have input into a PORK LADEN BILL.

Are you suggesting that CONGRESS was either too lazy or too incompetent to pass the bill back in Aug-Nov timeframe and these last minute shenanigan’s should stop !!

Now Kevin, tell me, WHEN was the last time Congress EVER followed this advice???

Crickets???????

[stanne]

They’re not retiring

Tge leftist congress is not retiring mr mccarthy

They were fired.

The American people not only don’t want their crap - so much so that they voted in numbers higher tgan tge cheating that mcarthy pretends doesn’t exist- they actually need McCarthy to protect them from the lame duck thrives

But McCarthy won’t help.

[ConservativeInPA]

McCarthy makes retiring Senators the thesis of his argument. He is an ignorant, low IQ, pussy. He has no idea what these massive spending bills are doing to America. It’s all politics. Get to the eff’n hard core reality and consequences. McCarthy is no leader. McCarthy has no idea how to fight.

[bray]

Let’s see if he collapses on Christmas eve.

[Pollard]

$(*&$@)^^*&$^ &$)(*&$ @_)(@*#

Had to bleep my words

[John Milner]

Sure we can. Been doing it for years and years.

[Torahman]

I’ll tell you what we do: We review the voting records of all these “Public Servants” and if they voted for the blasphemous legislations that bankrupted this country, they get NO retirement benefits. They get a Bill. And if they don’t pay: Prison.

[chopperk]

Just more of irresponsible Dems giving away taxpayers money. Biggest loser of them all is Leaky Leahy.

[Jonny7797]

Bingo

[Mr. N. Wolfe]

I believe that Kevin McCarthy was the majority leader when Paul Ryan was Speaker of the House. The same Paul Ryan who increased the U.S. debt exponentially. Kevin McCarthy wasn’t some innocent bystander.