Rep. Chip Roy Issues Blunt Warning To Republicans Who Voted For $1.2 Trillion Funding Bill

Forbes Breaking News ^ | March 22 2022 | Rep. Chip Roy

[Dr. Franklin]

The swamp is back in full force we have a thousand-page Bill of $1.2 trillion filled with all manners of spending priorities that are at odds with the American people. This bill is over a thousand pages long, contains hundreds of pages of report language, 1,400 ear marks, and we've had about 24 hours to review it. That is not the way to do business, and the American people and American families are the ones left holding the bag. This is business as usual in the swamp, and here's the deal to my Republican colleagues: You will own every single bit of this if you vote for this bill. You own it... Everybody who votes for this bill today, you own it don't go out and campaign this year saying you oppose this stuff when you write the check because that's what's happening today. Every single Republican, every single Democrat who votes for this omnibus spending bill today, they own it. We should vote "no". You want to win in November vote "no".

[Sgt_Schultze]

Every “yes” R vote should be receiving a primary challenger in the current election cycle.

[jagusafr]

Fortunately, in a twisted sort of way, no other country has as many people with as many guns as we do. That at least evens the playing field.

[BlackbirdSST]

Conservatives DO need more Santos. He representative of their morals, character and direction they want to lead the country.

That's better than having you communist democrats running things.

[Degaston]

The 17th Amendment is a malignant tumor in America.

[joesbucks]

Corrupt is corrupt. And I thought conservatives were above liberals in that. Guess not. If Pol Pot was a reliable R vote, he’d get a pass. Both on being a part of the Congress and other elective offices and mass killings as long those hit had a D next to their name.

[skimbell]

[chopperk]

China and Russia are ready to move on the American Dollar and this event may destroy the American dollar as the Worlds Reserve Currency.

[mcmuffin]

Here are the 15 Republicans who voted against the bill, despite securing earmarks:

Brian Babin of Texas

Gus Bilirakis of Florida

John Curtis of Utah

Mike Ezell of Mississippi

Garrett Graves of Louisiana

Michael Guest of Mississippi

Diana Harshbarger of Tennessee

Clay Higgins of Louisiana

Trent Kelly of Mississippi

Burgess Owens of Utah

Mike Rogers of Alabama

Chris Smith of New Jersey

Greg Steube of Florida

Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey

Randy Weber of Texas

[sauropod]

Really?

This sausage smoker is representative of Conservative morals?

Really?

[joesbucks]

It was conservatives who harped family values until a vote was more important than character. BTW, Santis is a sausage sucker. But a R vote is an R vote.

[Dr. Franklin]

The 17th Amendment is a malignant tumor in America.

The House controls the power of the purse. This is about the House not using its power. The Senate was always intended to represent the elites, and the 17th Amendment has nothing to do with anything. If the Speaker had used his power and appropriated money properly, this wouldn't have happened, AND the spending bill expires in September. So, this doesn't fund the government through election day.

[Dr. Franklin]

Fortunately, in a twisted sort of way, no other country has as many people with as many guns as we do. That at least evens the playing field.

The big problem is that the federal government has way too much data on everyone. Look what Pierre Castro did to the truckers in Canada. Unless the states stop sharing everyone's personal data and financial info with the feds, the ability of individuals to resist encroachments on civil liberties by the government is greatly restricted.

[Reily]

The Senate is supposed to represent the sovereign states corporately - that is each individual state as a whole. Post 17th Amendment a senator is just a glorified state-wide congressman-at-large. By turning him/her into “just another congressman” you introduce all the partisanship (The House was always supposed to be partisan. That’s why the 2-year terms!) The 17th Amendment reduced the states to being nothing more then administrative boundaries - provinces like the nations of Eurasia have! Moving away from the Constitutional structure of the Founding Fathers and making us a mob-ocracy is the source of almost all our problems. Government power is derived from the Founders Constitution is derived from both directly from the people through their congressional districts and directly from the states through legislature appointed senators (Note the people are indirectly involved since they elect the legislators.) Wilson and his Progressives hated all of that in their eyes it wasn’t “Modern” (Whatever that means!). They knew by breaking the “republican” features of the Constitution the people can be far easier to manipulate. Now “the people “ could be guided to utopia by “their betters”; the professional politician class and “Ivy League trained bureaucratic elite”. We have seen the truth of that in spades particularly now with the mass manipulation techniques of marketing (Go read a marketing textbook!)in the modern media. Another problem with the post 17th Amendment world is the “at-large” senator he/she is a much bigger player in the budget game because of the introduced “partisanship”. You now have essentially two HORs fighting over the same budget pie to hand out goodies to their constituents and supporters. Both sides going to the media to manipulate the voters to keep passions high. It’s no wonder things end up as they do!

[momincombatboots]

MAGA wanted McCarthy and a lifelong rino instead of rosendale. But at least Kristi’s teeth are fixed.
Trump was in Iowa talking about the billions he saved worldwide with operation warp speed… and apparently they want four years of lame duck lockdowns.

[Vaduz]

Replacement list remember it.

[Blue Highway]

How long has our government been nothing but Kabuki theatre?

[Fledermaus]

That was when Newt was Speaker.

He changed to deep state in no time after 1994.

[Theoria]

Newt was always DS. He was a handmaiden of free trade pushing NAFTA and most favored nation for China. The entire point of the republican party in the 90’s was to kill off populism and nationalism. Never trust a r or d.

[Dr. Franklin]

The Senate is supposed to represent the sovereign states corporately - that is each individual state as a whole.

If that were true, the states would have been given the power to recall them if they failed to vote in accordance with the instructions of the state government. That's not what the U.S. Senate ever was. It was always an elitist institution to represent the wealthiest of Americans in a elected House of Lords, not subject to any shortening of their term in office. Your central premise is false. There is no popular desire to return to the corruption that led to the 17th Amendment being ratified. There is far more support to repeal the 16th or even (among some men) the 19th Amendments.

The issue here is that it is the U.S. House which has the power of the purse, and they refuse to use it. This is the corruption of Big Government that the House refuses to shut that Big Government down and hold it accountable for the treason which is afoot.

[Reily]

It was true because that’s what Madison said!

I think you had better drop your Dr Franklin logo it’s fraudulent!