Congressional Democrats Have Big Mad Over Republicans Clean Spending Bill

I guess they aren’t going to get their money they can give to agencies to run through NGOs and such which ends up in the pockets of campaign donors, family members, friends, and their own pockets

Speaker Johnson unveils bill to fund the government through September 30

House Speaker Mike Johnson formally unveiled plans on Saturday for a government funding stopgap through September 30 — a measure intended to stave off a potential March 14 shutdown and buy time for Donald Trump and GOP leaders to steer key pieces of the president’s agenda through Congress this summer.

But Democratic leaders quickly slammed the door on supporting the measure, raising the specter of a high-stakes clash next week.

The president himself on Saturday endorsed the measure, which includes some cuts to domestic spending programs that Democrats will likely oppose. GOP leadership aides said Saturday that it would increase defense spending by about $6 billion while domestic spending would drop by about $13 billion.

Heck, they could re-coup way more than $13 billion if Democrats would help DOGE eliminate waste, fraud and graft….oh, right, campaign donors, family members, friends, and their own pockets. Oh, really, $13 billion? That’s the best you can do, Republicans?

And while GOP leadership aides stressed that the plan includes no partisan policy add-ons, it does include certain White House funding requests, such as some new money intended to help carry out additional deportations by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Oh, you mean the thing authorized by the Constitution and previously passed congressional laws?

But in an ominous sign for Congress’ ability to stave off a shutdown next week, House Democratic leaders said they plan to vote against the bill, arguing it “recklessly cuts” domestic spending programs.

“The legislation does nothing to protect Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, while exposing the American people to further pain throughout this fiscal year. We are voting No,” Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark and Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar said in a joint statement Saturday evening.

Well, unless a few House Republicans get squishy, it will pass the House, and, hopefully any riders are shot down. Keep it clean. But, can they get enough Democrats to switch and vote to end debate in the Senate? If not, this shutdown is on Democrats, no matter how the media tries to portray it.

House GOP leaders believe the plan is on track to pass the chamber, arguing that Trump’s backing will help them win robust support among House Republicans on the floor this week, even as many ultraconservatives typically loathe such stopgap measures. Johnson hopes to hold the vote Tuesday on the 99-page bill, according to people familiar with the plans.

Wait, 99 pages? Obamacare was over 1,000. I’m a little concerned, like other ones, that it gives too much leeway for agencies to spend money willy-nilly.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and his leadership team have, too, said they want negotiations to continue instead of pursuing a long-term stopgap. But it’s not clear how forcefully Schumer and his team will push their Senate Democrats to oppose the bill if it makes it to the chamber.

Remember when Congress used to pass budgets? Not short term stop-gaps (though, this is supposed to go to September)?

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