House Republicans consider resolution to temporarily prevent federal shutdown
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. House Republicans are considering a continuing resolution to temporarily fund the federal government for another month and avoid a government shut down.
Rep. Scott Perry, R-Penn., said the House Freedom Caucus members have worked over the weekend with the Main Street Caucus “on a path forward to fund the government and secure America’s border.”
Perry is leading the bill along with Rep. Bryon Donalds, R-Fla., Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., Rep. Stephanie Bice, R-Okla., Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, and Rep. Kelly Armstrong, R-N.D.
Donalds said the 30-day resolution does two things: secure the southern border and cut government spending by 8%.
“**There is NO Ukraine $$$** The truth is Congress needs more time to do the necessary spending cuts and reforms to stop the weaponization of our government and save our country,” Donalds said.
Not all Florida Representatives are sold on the continuing resolution.
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., reacted to fellow Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz’s opposition to the resolution, saying, “This is exactly why I am a NO on the CR.”
“This Continuing Resolution to fund Ukraine and Jack Smith’s election interference is a betrayal of Republicans. We must do better,” Gaetz said.
“Don’t listen to the propaganda media machine that will kick on this week. They don’t want what us best for the little guy. They want to feed the machine,” Luna said.
Luna said the CR “continues to fully fund woke and weaponized government agencies without making policy changes to defend Americans from tyrannical spending.”
Further, she said each government department “gets to spend at the same rate as last year” and it “enables Congress to continue trapping future generations into MORE debt.”
— Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (@RepLuna) September 18, 2023
Rep. Cory Mills, R-Fla., said he voted against the Fiscal Responsibility Act because he “knew it was a bad debt ceiling bill that saddled Americans with more debt and no tangible spending solution.”
“LSG was a FAR BETTER DEAL which I supported. There are members of Congress who will try to lie and say the CR is a ‘cut’ or it’s a ‘99% CR Rule’ to make you feel good about it,” Mills said.
Mills said the “reality is the spending/ cost baseline is bloated from the emergency spending levels and this spending is unsustainable at $32.9T in debt.”
“We should have gone to a pre-emergency cost baseline plus annual inflation rates to get to true levels. Then it’s realistic discussion start points. Then put pressure on Senate to pass House bills H.R. 1 Low Cost Energy Act, H.R. 2 to Secure our border, onshore and invest in domestic industrial base buildup, and look at USG procurement reform to prevent continued gouging,” Mills explained.
On Saturday, Mills said he was a “hard no” and was “sick of the DC backroom deals to appease 61 in the Senate and not going to play this game.”
