Posted on 11/22/2022 3:36:19 AM PST by RandFan
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) defeated Sen. Rick Scott’s (Fla.) bid to take his job, but the battle isn’t over.
McConnell now faces a fight with Scott and other Senate conservatives over whether to block a year-end spending package before Christmas.
The GOP leader wants to pass the omnibus package funding the federal government before the end of December, according to Senate Republican and Democratic sources. But he’s coming under increasing pressure from conservatives who want to freeze federal spending until January, when Republicans will take control of the House.
Scott told The Hill he plans to “actively” press for a stopgap funding measure freezing federal spending levels until next year, something he and Republican Sens. Mike Lee (Utah) and Ted Cruz (Texas) called for in September in a Fox News op-ed.
That would put spending negotiations on hold until Republicans take over the House majority and have more leverage to negotiate the top-line spending number and specific priorities, such as more funding to secure the U.S.-Mexico border.
“We have to have a plan to deal with inflation, we’ve got to have a plan to deal with the border,” Scott said. “My goal is to organize Republicans to have our ideas, what we’re going to get done.”
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Sorry before the end of December that should say
No so much “until” as “before”.
OMG...they Commie=Dems will PUT EVERYTHING IN THE BILL BUT THE KITCHEN SINK.
For Pete’s sake, are there any hard core Rs in politics...at all?
Mitch, change your name to LUCY.
Huh. Mitch's idea is a little different -- he wants to give China and the Democrats whatever they want.
omnibus package. These are an abomination and should never be used. It allows both sides to laden the bill with more pork than a pig farm. If their time is filled up with having to pass many spending bills, that is a plus. They can do less harm that way.
A new Congress gets sworn in on January 1st, 2023, but the old Congress wants to spend more money before the will of the voters can govern. The lame duck sessions of Congress must be constitutionally reformed, and an Article V Convention of the States is the only way that will ever happen.
My words for McConnell flash into vulgarity at the sight of his name. Not good. Turdle soup.
....cause we’ve got 87K agents to roll out on the way.
OmniStimulus for “us” but not for the U.S.
McConnell is severely compromised by so many factions. FTX, CCP, etc. The fact that he was re-elected as Leader says a lot about our Senators, i.e., that they suck, and/or are compromised themselves.
“Give them everything they ask for, no strings attached.” No, Bitch. Fix the border, reform the FBI, fire Mayorkas, rescind the queer nation, and we’ll talk.
china-mitch works for china and democrats
Keep defying Mitch. make him want to leave and go away.
Of course he does. He is a Swamp RAT.
the spending bill has pork in it!!
100% pas. It’s awful.
He os no surprise. Y’all
D!tch Mitch, he is no good.
Mitch is China’s bitch.
The least harmful option would be just pork. I wouldn’t be surprised if it has full amnesty and quick path to citizenship for every illegal here now along with gun and speech control.
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