House Speaker Mike Johnson is pushing a pork-filled spending resolution that would give Congress more power, waste billions of taxpayer dollars, and turn it into coal in Americans’ Christmas stockings.
Mr. Johnson assured committee members (and voters) that under his leadership, the big spending bill would be an open process led by committee chairs. He also said lawmakers would have at least 72 hours to read the bill before voting, making passing a Christmas omnibus spending package a thing of the past.
People call me “Nostra Thomas” because I predict accurately @SpeakerJohnson He will use the Christmas break to pass a massive spending bill through Congress.
Although Johnson insisted he doesn’t, he embraces a D.C. tradition that’s almost as old as decorating a Christmas tree. pic.twitter.com/TRd1ZiCXtc
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) December 18, 2024
But in the past 24 hours, he has broken almost all of these promises. Continuing Christmas resolutions Worst of all, Prime Minister Johnson is shamelessly trying to sell the idea to the American people that passing CR is the conservative way to deal with funding issues. (Luke: Biden fell into a legal trap set by Trump appointees)
Mr. Johnson sought to make his case Tuesday night. interview With Newsmax.
“This was a conservative play call. We don’t normally like what’s called a continuing resolution, CR. But in this case, if we push it into the first quarter of next year, we’re going to get a Republican-controlled Congress. It makes sense because now that President Donald J. Trump is back in the White House and will have more say in funding decisions in 2025,” Johnson said.
“That would have been easier, but there were circumstances beyond our control at the time. We had a necessary emergency. As you know, we had a record hurricane season. We had Helen and Milton, but frankly, they just wreaked havoc throughout the red states,” Johnson continued. “And there are farmers who are at risk of being permanently bankrupt, posting losses for three consecutive years due to Bidennomics, inflation, and other circumstances beyond their control. Combined, that aid is desperately needed and adds more than $100 billion to the bill. That’s where everyone is uncomfortable.”
Republicans cannot allow millions of Americans devastated by a historic hurricane season and struggling farmers to go without the aid they desperately need.
A decision on FY25 spending is expected to be made in March when President Trump returns to the White House and Republicans control the Senate and House of Representatives. pic.twitter.com/f8OpQleOoJ
— Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) December 18, 2024
The problem that Prime Minister Johnson expects the American people to be either too stupid or too slow to understand is that at the end of September, around the same time that hurricanes Helen and Milton caused devastation, Congress has known about this funding deadline since the last time it passed a CR funding bill. country. There is no reason why the standard process could not have been followed early in the last quarter to avoid a last-minute rush vote when Congress wants to be home for Christmas. (The escalation of the committee chairman race has left the Republican Party at war for two generations and may tell us whether Mike Johnson will sting Trump.)
Most Americans sympathize with the hurricane victims and Biden’s economic policies. However, adding aid for these emergencies is not really the issue here. It’s a decision to drop a nearly 2,000-page spending bill that includes more than just aid to desperate Americans just before Christmas. This bill envisions passing policies that the American people do not support, and we can see that it is designed to be repealed if passed to avoid public debate.
One of my promises to the people I represent was to fix the United States Congress, a deeply broken institution. 🇺🇸
The only way I can think of at this point is to be transparent with the American people about how bad America is.
look at me @CNN Interview this morning. pic.twitter.com/uq0Uo6l1HD
— Rep. Victoria Spartz (@RepSpartz) December 18, 2024
In defending the omnibus, Mr. Johnson did not mention that Congress would receive a significant pay increase or that the carve-out would give lawmakers legal freedom to avoid subpoenas for electronic conversations. Nor did they tell Americans that the Christmas Omnibus would fund the Global Engagement Center (GEC) for another nine years. GEC was part of the federal government’s censorship-industrial complex, which worked to pressure social media companies to censor Americans.
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The CR adds the following section: “If disclosure of House Data is necessary to comply with a legal process, the legal process may be stopped or modified…”
House Data = “email or other electronic or data communication”
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— John Herold (@patel_patriot) December 18, 2024
Prime Minister Johnson continues to say he and other Republicans believe business in Washington will continue as usual, despite the Nov. 5 mandate from American voters. . We are haggard, weary, and ready to fight the federal government over the abusive relationship we have formed with it. We are tired of the status quo. We need willing fighters to end the dirty business of Washington’s elites. This Christmas omnibus is a red flag.
