Posted on 12/16/2022 2:21:40 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
On the backs of several lame-duck Republican members, the House on Wednesday passed a resolution to keep the federal government running until Dec. 23 in the hope of passing a massive budget bill by then.
Although the official House Republican position was to oppose the bill, nine GOP representatives supported the package, which passed 224-201, according to The Hill.
Republican Reps. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, Liz Cheney of Wyoming, Chris Jacobs and John Katko of New York, Anthony Gonzalez of Ohio, Jaime Herrera Beutler of Washington, Fred Upton of Michigan, Steve Womack of Arkansas and Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania supported moving the end of the current continuing resolution that funds the government from Friday to Dec. 23, according to the roll call of votes.
Three Republicans and two Democrats did not vote on the bill.
The nine House Republicans who crossed the aisle joined all voting Democrats in backing the measure.
Seven of them – Katko, Kinzinger, Upton, Cheney, Jacobs, Gonzalez and Herrera Beutler — will not be in the new Congress.
House Minority Whip Steve Scalise’s office had tried to rally Republicans against the proposal, according to The Hill.
“Once again, House Democrats failed to meet the fundamental duty of funding the government despite spending most of the year passing trillions in wasteful spending that has fueled inflation and driven up our debt,” its message to GOP members said.
“This one-week continuing resolution is an attempt to buy additional time for a massive lame-duck spending bill in which House Republicans have had no seat at the negotiating table,” the message said.
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Those nine are not Republicans. They are America - haters.
Ah, so they’re just shooting the bird at their constituents.
Outrageous! It’s getting mighty hard to support Republicans. Thank God MY Representative is not on that list, and thank God those who are leaving will be GONE.
The DC Uniparty Swamp Deep-State Shadow-Government Permanent-Bureaucracy Administrative-State criminal complex.
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E. Pluribus Unum,
I like this a lot.
Plus it would make one helluva acronym.
Republicans, at least some, enjoy shafting their voters. Hard to figure. Democrats must have something on them, or the cash is threatened.
Rape much?
First Fred I have ever seen who is easy on the eyes.
His niece, Kate.
Liz Cheney kicking off her Presidential run.
Gutless
Obnoxious
Punks
“Fred Upton eh..”
Damn, I’m feeling gay if that’s Fred.
Kate...niece.
You’re accusing Gator of rape because he posted a pic of Fred Upton’s niece??
I’ll be glad when those seven evil ones are gone. Our government will be better without them.
I forgot about that. The lovely Kate is his niece, or granddaughter isn’t she? ;)
This is just one more “twist of the knife” by these RINOs before they head off to K Street to start making the big bucks, and truly making our posteriors sore.
Seems these rinos will do anything to destroy the USA.
Yeah, Kate is his niece, Fred is unfortunately from my district, I’m glad to see him go.
That’s not Fred??? lol
I did not know that Kate was related to Seven Watt Bulb Fred. She is married to my former Detroit Tiger hero, Justin Verlander.
So what’s going to happen on the 23rd? More of the same of course. It’s time for a real third party.
He’s my congressman. He’s useless.
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