“Did McCarthy propose a temporary spending bill that would have cut spending, but had Gaetz and all of the democrats vote it down?”
Not that I know of. But the top line figure was still an increase. Somewhat reducing the increase is not a cut (but in Washington, they view it as so).
What they need to do is look at the revenue figure, go back to a year when spending was below that figure, and then say this is your budget figure for the year. You (such and such agency) functioned just fine with this much money just a few years ago so you’ll have to deal with it.
THAT is cutting spending. Slightly reducing the increase is not.
“What they need to do is look at the revenue figure, go back to a year when spending was below that figure, and then say this is your budget figure for the year. “
Yeh ... just like the demonkkraps say we must reduce emissions back to 1993, or ... demonkkrap ESG run companies like Intel, Apple, Google running around about net zero emissions ... GOP should borrow those lines about reducing the feral givernment back to 1993 ... “net zero budgeting”. That aside, McCarthy lacked leadership in the end to keep his party together; he must have been banking on the demonkkraps to save him based on all the goodies they got out of the CR.
McCarthy proposed a temporary spending bill that would have cut spending but all the democrats voted against it including Gaetz and 20 other Republicans
It appeared evident even before the vote that the stopgap bill was bound to fail, as several hard-right Republicans had declared that they would not back a temporary spending bill, known as a continuing resolution, under any circumstances. And the measure — which would slash spending and impose severe immigration restrictions — never had a chance of preventing a shutdown, since it was regarded as a nonstarter in the Democratic-controlled Senate.
The size of the group of defectors was striking, reflecting both Mr. McCarthy’s weak hold on his conference and the influence of the far right in the House. The bill failed by a vote of 232-198, with 21 Republicans joining all Democrats to oppose it.
“Every time we vote for a continuing resolution, we make no changes in policy or spending,” said Representative Matt Gaetz, Republican of Florida, who led the charge against Mr. McCarthy’s funding plan. “It’s a vote to continue the status quo.”