Factions of the House Republican Conference brokered a stopgap funding measure Sunday evening to fund the government beyond Sept. 30.
The draft continuing resolution was composed by members from the House Freedom Caucus and the Main Street Caucus and is set for floor consideration this week.
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A handful of Republican hardliners have already said they’ll oppose the bill, a hit to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), who can spare no more than four votes.
Currently, there are at least 10 House Republicans who’ve pledged to vote no so far:
- Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL)
- Rep. Dan Bishop (R-NC)
- Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL)
- Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-MT)
- Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN)
- Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-IN)
- Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA)
- Rep. Eli Crane (R-AZ)
- Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX)
- Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL)
Many critics are citing funding for the war in Ukraine as a reason for their opposition. However, upon the late evening release of the 165-page bill, there was no mention of additional funds for Ukraine.
Mills, who sits on the House Committee on Armed Services and Committee on Foreign Affairs, said he’s a hard no on X, saying that including the House Republican-passed border security funding will not sweeten the deal for him.
“I have not yet seen final deal, but I’m hearing that a CR will be pushed for 30-Day extension that will include H.R. 2 Secure The Border Act (which I voted for) minus the E-verify, and more Ukraine funding,” Mills said on X, adding he’s a hard no. “I’m sick of the DC backroom deals to appease 61 in the Senate and not going to play this game. Our job is to fund the US and take care of the American people. I was not elected by overseas interests like others.”
Bishop, who was one of the first members to threaten to oust McCarthy after the debt limit plan, echoed Mills’s statement, pushing to pass all 12 appropriations bills.
“I’m with Cory. No CR. Pass the damn approps bills. Roll back the crazy bureaucracy to pre-COVID levels. Now,” Bishop said on X.
Greene has long said she’d risk a government shutdown if Congress doesn’t meet a number of demands. Those included an impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden, which was met last week, eliminating COVID-19 mandates, and stating she won’t vote to fund the government.
“I am a NO,” Greene wrote on X, “No money for Ukraine, COVID or armed government.”
Rosendale said he was a no because the continuing resolution “is a continuation of Nancy Pelosi’s budget and Joe Biden’s policies.”
“We were assured in January that we weren’t going to use the Democrats’ gimmicks to fund government and that we would deliver the 12 appropriations bills, thereby funding government responsibly and transparently, which is why I will be voting against the CR this week,” Rosendale wrote on X.
Gaetz, who has threatened to file a motion to vacate the speaker’s position if Republican demands over appropriations legislation are not granted, cited the bill as a “betrayal” of the GOP.
“This Continuing Resolution to fund Ukraine and Jack Smith’s election interference is a betrayal of Republicans,” Gaetz wrote on X. “We must do better.”
Agreeing with Gaetz’s statement, Luna wrote, “Don’t listen to the propaganda media machine that will kick on this week,” the freshman congresswoman said on X. “They don’t want what [is] best for the little guy. They want to feed the machine.”
Roy, a member of the Freedom Caucus, called out the cut to discretionary spending levels by about 8% for most government programs while “whacking DOD wokeness.”
“A 30 day extension by the GOP to force an 8% cut to the Department of Justice & rest of federal bureaucracy is a cut to its weaponization while passing border security, & whacking DOD wokeness. Dems would reject it & shut down govt,” Roy wrote on X.
Spartz, who has threatened to stall legislation in the past if McCarthy doesn’t comply with requested spending cuts, announced on Monday she’ll vote no on the bill, blaming the Republican-controlled House for “failing the American people again.”
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“Neither Republicans nor Democrats have the backbone to challenge the corrupt swamp that is bankrupting our children and grandchildren. It is a shame that our weak Speaker cannot even commit to having a commission to discuss our looming fiscal catastrophe,” Spartz said in a statement.
Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) told the Washington Examiner on Sunday that he is a “lean no” on the bill but wanted to wait for additional information before making a final decision. Crane, a member of the House Freedom Caucus, also told the Washington Examiner he’ll vote no on the bill.
