Spending bill

There is a “cognitive disconnect” among colleagues who hate Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) spending bonanza but are planning to formally vote for him as speaker in January, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) pointed out this week.

On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “The Bottom Line,” Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD) stated that many Republicans aren’t opposed to raising the debt limit, but need spending concessions to go with it and that he believes it’s better

During an interview with CBS News on Thursday, Rep. Rich McCormick (R-GA) stated that he needs “something conservative back” in exchange for raising the debt limit in the government funding bill and pointed to taking FEMA funding that is allocated

The controversial continuing resolution is “classic D.C.,” and a government shutdown is possible, Rep. Tom Tiffany (R-WI) said.

On Wednesday’s broadcast of Bloomberg’s “Balance of Power,” Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) stated that a spending bill must include disaster relief funding and money for farmers, but that spending has to be totally offset by other spending cuts to programs

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) told “The Alex Marlow Show” that House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA)’s spending bill will be “hugely harmful” to President-elect Donald Trump if it passes Congress.

The pork-packed spending bill negotiated by House Speaker Mike Johnson and unveiled days before its Friday deadline is an “embarrassment,” Sen. Josh Hawley said during an appearance on “The Alex Marlow Show.”

On Wednesday’s edition of NBC’s “MTP Now,” House Budget Committee member Rep. Buddy Carter (R-GA) argued that the disaster relief and agriculture provisions of the spending bill have to be passed and there are good provisions “particularly when it comes

“The 1,547-page Christmas omnibus is an insult to the American voters who demanded change from the inside out,” Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) said of the spending bill.

Congress on Wednesday passed legislation that would fund the government through nearly the end of December.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) are rushing through a three-month spending bill Wednesday in a whirlwind development that will send Congress home through the election.

Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) gambit to attach the SAVE Act to a stop-gap spending bill failed in the House on Wednesday after Republicans opposed the bill.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and House Republican leadership are discussing attaching a bill to require proof of citizenship to a stop-gap spending bill, according to a Monday report.

The $1.2 trillion government spending package contains earmarks for LGBTQ+ facilities and a late-term abortion clinic. 

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) passed a massive $1.2 trillion government funding plan despite the objections of the majority of House Republicans, violating the Hastert Rule and crossing the Rubicon into dangerous territory for the future of his speakership.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) filed a motion Friday that could force a vote to strip the gavel from Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA).

Lawmakers should not vote for the $1.2 trillion spending bill released in the dead of the night, Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) said on Thursday, warning that members of Congress have not even had the proper time to review it.

Congress will vote Friday on a $1.2 trillion, 1,000-plus page spending bill revealed Thursday just before 3:00 a.m.

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) announced Wednesday he would not pass any short-term spending package to fund the government that includes additional funding for the Ukrainian war effort, just ten days before the federal government is set to shut down if a deal is not reached. 

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) offered to make President Joe Biden a “soft food” lunch in order to meet in person to talk about the debt limit.

On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Mornings with Maria,” Rep. Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI) said that he is on board with “the suggestion that’s going around right now from a lot of members” that the House of Representatives won’t

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. 

Republican senators have warned that Democrats will “pay the price” for passing the $700 billion “Inflation Reduction” bill.

80 Democrats sent a letter to President Joe Biden urging him to prioritize fighting climate change in resurrected social spending bill.

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) continues to express concerns about inflation regarding the Democrats’ massive $1.75 trillion social spending bill Democrat leaders hope to pass by the year’s end. 

Jarome Bell served in the United States Navy for 27 years, but now he’s running for Congress to prevent a Communist takeover of the American government.

Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) ripped through the Democrats’ 2,300-page $1.8 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act before a vote by the entire U.S. House of Representatives on Friday night.

Democrats’ spending bill could end up costing double what they are publicly claiming, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Most Americans are not aware of what is in Democrats’ spending bills, and many doubt the programs would improve their lives or the economy.

The Democrats’ $1.5 trillion entitlement spending bill includes billions for left-wing environmental activists’ pet projects, including planting more trees in low-income neighborhoods to create tree equity.

The Democrats plan to drop paid leave from President Biden’s spending bill due to Sen. Joe Manchin’s (D-WV) opposition.  

Yellen proposed taxing billionaires’ unrealized capital gains to fund President Joe Biden’s $2 trillion spending bill.

American leaders for life are calling upon fellow citizens to oppose the Democrats’ plan to eliminate the longstanding Hyde Amendment.

A coalition of 22 state attorneys general called upon Congress to restore the Hyde Amendment and prohibit taxpayer funding of abortions.

President Joe Biden detailed his massive infrastructure spending proposal Wednesday, but only about 25 percent of the $2.5 trillion bill funds basic infrastructure, according to a fact sheet summary of the bill. The proposal spends roughly $639 billion on traditional