Shut It Down: GOP Opposition To Mike Johnson's 'Dumpster Fire' CR May Cause Government Shut Down

Posted • December 18, 2024: It's déjà vu all over again at the US Capitol. A Friday deadline looms as Congress scrambles to pass a Continuing Resolution to avoid a government shutdown. House reps are in panic mode and tempers are flaring. You think they'd have learned by now that all this undue stress could be avoided if they had just passed a budget. House Speaker Mike Johnson faces intense criticism from fellow Republicans as the deadline to pass the CR approaches. Johnson had promised a clean stop-gap bill to provide funding for the government until March 14th. Critics claim what is being presented is a 1500-page omnibus spending bill disguised as a CR. Congress attempting to RAM THROUGH SECRET spending bill and blow $50 BILLION on favors before Trump takes office. THEY ARE SETTING HIM UP, SHARE THIS EVERYWHERE!! https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/3262775/mike-johnson-faces-uphill-battle-stopgap-cr/

Johnson has indicated that he will adhere to the '72-Hour' rule, in which lawmakers have 3 days to review the 1500-page bill before a 12th-hour vote on Friday. “It’s a total dumpster fire,” Rep. Eric Burlison (R-MO) said. “This is why I ran for Congress, to try to stop this. Sadly, this is happening again.” Burlison went on to express disappointment in Speaker Johnson's handling of the CR. Rep Eric Burlison (R-MO) is furious about the CR (still not released) that is to be voted on tomorrow to avert a Friday government shutdown. Speaker Johnson is a total failure! Johnson is defending the bill and the additional spending measures that have been added to it. Including money earmarked for disaster relief. Johnson on CR: “It was intended to be, and it was until recent days, a very simple, very clean CR stopgap funding measure to get us into next year when we have unified government, under Republican and the Republican Party. But a couple of intervening things have occurred.”

“We had, as we say, as we described them, acts of God. We had these massive hurricanes in the late fall, Helene and Milton and other, disasters, we have to make sure that the Americans that were devastated by these hurricanes get the relief they need. So we are adding to this a disaster relief package. And that's critically important. Also important is, the devastation that is, that is being faced by our farming community. The agriculture sector is really struggle. They've had effectively three lost years.” -- It's unclear how many Republican votes Johnson can afford to lose and still pass the bill. What is clear is Democrats are trying to take advantage. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) rolled out a wishlist of demands in exchange for their cooperation, including: – The federal government would pay 100% of the cost of rebuilding the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. This could run to $2 billion or more.

– A trade deal that would allow duty-free access for Haitian apparel and textile imports. – Reauthorization of the African Growth and Opportunity Act, which permits duty-free imports for hundreds of products from sub-Saharan African countries. – Funding to build museums on the National Mall to honor women and Hispanics. – The Second Chance Act, which aims to help the reentry of convicted criminals back into communities. -- We couldn't confirm if any of these 'demands' made it into the final bill, but none seem to be essential to a bill that's intended to temporarily fund the government. (…)

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