House GOP efforts to advance government funding vehicles that would exert the leverage of the party that controls just one half of one-third of government have thus far failed, and with a Sept. 30 deadline just days away, several top conservatives are concerned that the Republicans might have blown it.
On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Bottom Line,” Senate Minority Whip Sen. John Thune (R-SD) defended voting for the omnibus spending bill by stating that “we tried to clear the slate, clear the deck so to speak for
On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Mornings with Maria,” House Chief Deputy Whip Rep. Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA) stated that cutting spending from the $1.7 trillion omnibus bill will “be a part of the negotiations” on raising the debt
On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Katy Tur Reports,” Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) stated that he thinks you can reach an agreement to raise the debt ceiling by cutting spending in the $1.7 trillion omnibus package, cutting the green subsidies in
On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Mornings with Maria,” Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) stated that the debt ceiling needs to be raised but it must be coupled with spending cuts, especially since government revenues will decline when the
Jim Banks told Breitbart News that he is running for the U.S. Senate in 2024 because America needs “conservative fighters in the Senate.”
On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Hannity,” House Speaker Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) stated that he told Senate Majority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) that the House will not pass another omnibus spending bill and the House will
Half of the likely votes in the United States said they disapprove of the Democrat-led $1.7 trillion, 4,155-page omnibus spending bill that was rammed through Congress last month to fund the government. At the same time, most agree it is a “disaster” for America.
Former President Donald Trump congratulated House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) on winning the position, in addition to urging primaries for Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Republicans who voted with him on last year’s $1.7 trillion, 4,155-page omnibus spending bill.
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Cavuto: Coast to Coast,” Rep. Kat Cammack (R-FL) argued that President Joe Biden is “kind of saying the quiet part out loud” by signing the omnibus with more money for the Border
On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom,” Rep. Lance Gooden (R-TX) stated that while he thinks holding hearings and conducting fact-finding on the border and immigration policy will be important, the omnibus spending bill that was passed
On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends First,” Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) stated that there is a problem with increasing defense spending because “the military-industrial complex is real. I mean, we’re spending money on things that
The $113 billion in U.S. aid to Ukraine has eclipsed the annual military budget of every country in the world except the United States and China.
Just before jetting off to enjoy his Christmas holiday, Mitch McConnell left a nice lump of coal for America with his $1.7 trillion (or more!) omnibus spending package. There’s a lot to hate in this package, between millions for LGBTQ museums in New York and extra funding for the House Diversity and Inclusion office.
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Varney & Co.,” House Budget Committee Ranking Member Rep. Jason Smith (R-MO) argued that “a lot of those senators” who voted for the omnibus spending bill should be voted out of office
Just before jetting off to enjoy his Christmas holiday, Mitch McConnell left a nice lump of coal for America with his $1.7 trillion (or more!) omnibus spending package. There’s a lot to hate in this package, between millions for LGBTQ museums in New York and extra funding for the House Diversity and Inclusion office.
On Friday’s broadcast of CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) stated that he is “proud to support” the omnibus bill, but acknowledged that due to the bill coming to the floor at the last minute, there wasn’t “enough time
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “The Story,” Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) pointed out that the omnibus bill far exceeds the length of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan COVID relief bill Congress passed in early 2021, which
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “The Story,” Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) stated that the nine House Republicans who voted for the omnibus bill were “taking the pork and running” since most of them are retiring, and did
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Mornings with Maria,” Rep. Warren Davidson (R-OH) stated that the new spending on earmarks contained in the omnibus bill is “appalling” especially when you consider that there is already “tons of cash
On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Steve Rattner, who served as counselor to the Treasury Secretary in the Obama administration, stated that fiscal policy, like “the federal budget deficit, as well as various other things that the White House can
More than half of the members of the U.S. House of Representatives voted remotely Friday for the $1.7 trillion government spending bill, claiming in proxy voting letters they could not be present to vote because of the “ongoing public health emergency.”
The House passed the $1.7 trillion omnibus bill Friday by a count of 225-201-1. Nine Republicans voted for the bill, released just days earlier.
Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) discusses the passage of the omnibus spending bill, why more Americans are dying at a younger age, and the fentanyl epidemic.
The $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill contains millions in wasteful spending, including $575 million for “reproductive health” where population growth “threatens biodiversity,” $11 million for LGBT-related projects, and millions more for border security for other countries.
On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Mornings with Maria,” Rep. Kat Cammack (R-FL) pointed out that Senate Democrats were terrified that an amendment by Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) to the omnibus bill to keep Title 42 in place
On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Evening Edit,” host Elizabeth MacDonald contrasted the Senate passing the $1.7 trillion omnibus bill that the House is poised to pass and President Joe Biden is set to sign into law despite
On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s Mornings with Maria Rep. Kat Cammack (R-FL) noted that the agreement for the omnibus spending bill was only reached between Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Senate Appropriations Committee Vice Chairman
Congress is bracing for a long, cold winter night in Washington, DC, as outgoing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is determined to pass the Democrats’ $1.7 trillion omnibus spending plan before lawmakers leave town for Christmas.
On Thursday’s “CNN Newsroom,” Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) stated that she doesn’t think that the $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill will make inflation worse because it funds programs that already exist. Co-host Jim Sciutto asked, “[Y]ou guys are going to
No Republican justify voting in favor of the $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill without Sens. Mike Lee (R-UT) and Rick Scott’s (R-FL) Title 42 Amendment, the Florida senator said in a statement on Thursday.
Democrat Senators defeated the Senate GOP’s plan to preserve the Title 42 border barrier by offering a fig-leaf Title 42 plan that would have accelerated the inflow of migrants.
Thirty-one House Republicans as of Wednesday have signed onto a letter vowing to block legislation from any GOP senator who votes for the massive $1.7 trillion omnibus spending package.
A provision in the $1.7 trillion “omnibus” spending bill currently before Congress would let the U.S. rejoin the antisemitic United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), which it left in 2019.
Negotiations surrounding the $1.7 trillion omnibus spending package have stalled in the Senate as Sen. Mike Lee’s (R-UT) Title 42 amendment has put a wrench in the process, leading some senators to reportedly discuss a short-term funding bill instead.
On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Hannity,” House Minority Whip Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) stated that the appropriations process needs to change so that government funding bills are passed by the House before summer and the Senate can’t
On Wednesday’s broadcast of West Virginia MetroNews’ “Talkline with Hoppy Kercheval,” Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) stated that it is difficult to justify his plans to vote for the omnibus spending package given his past concerns about debt and that he is
A plurality of Americans believe President Joe Biden has made the country “worse” and say America’s best days are in the past, a Rasmussen Reports survey released Tuesday found.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is scheduled to speak to Congress and President Joe Biden on Wednesday and claim the $45 billion worth of aid designated for Ukraine in the $1.7 trillion omnibus bill is not enough support.
The 4,155-page, $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill unveiled by Democrats in the middle of the night on Tuesday includes more than $11 million for LGBT-themed projects, the Washington Stand first reported.
