Ridiculous amount of pork in latest bill to avoid government shutdown
As a partial government shutdown looms, the House Freedom Caucus has called on Republicans to oppose the ‘Swamp Omnibus’ bill, criticizing it for containing a ridiculous amount of pork. This government funding package is designed to prevent a partial shutdown set for Friday.
1) The Hitchhiker’s Guide To the House Passing Funding Bill Today
The House debates and votes on a “mini-bus” spending bill to fund six sections of the federal government through the end of the fiscal year.
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) March 6, 2024
“The House Freedom Caucus opposes the $1.65 trillion omnibus spending bill, which will be decided in two halves, the first being brought to the floor this week under suspension of the rules,” Freedom Caucus wrote in a statement.
The group continued: “Even in the face of $34.4 trillion in national debt, the omnibus will bust the bipartisan spending caps signed into law less than a year ago and is loaded with hundreds of pages of earmarks worth billions.”
Today, the House Freedom Caucus released the following official position urging Republicans to vote against the omnibus and keep their promises to the American people. pic.twitter.com/zH5vMiOoU1
— House Freedom Caucus (@freedomcaucus) March 5, 2024
We pointed out Sunday that US debt is rising at the pace of $1 trillion every 3 months – or – 100 days (read: Hartnett: $1 Trillion Every 100 Days).
And we’re off: US debt rises by $89BN on the last day of February, to $34.471 trillion, a new record high
Debt has increased by $280BN in February and by $470BN in the first two months of the year.
At this pace debt will hit $37 trillion by year-end and $40 trillion by the end… https://t.co/eETiO355MG pic.twitter.com/GFbkzkY7oE
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) March 2, 2024
Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) and Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) coined the new funding package the “Swamp Omnibus.” It was proposed on Sunday, ahead of Friday’s deadline, to avoid a partial government shutdown.
“In the #SwampOmnibus, the [House GOP] SURRENDERS key demands passed in House [appropriations] bills. “This means MORE ILLEGALS, LESS FREEDOM, & we’ve yet to see the bill that funds Radical Progressive Democrats’ mass-release policies & NGO’s behind it,” Roy wrote on X.
He continued: “The #SwampOmnibus comes in the context of Congress blowing past BIPARTISAN SPENDING CAPS enacted last year… by $69 BILLION… funding mass-illegal alien releases & radical progressive Democrat-run government $30 billion MORE than Pelosi.”
In the #SwampOmnibus, the @HouseGOP SURRENDERS key demands passed in House approps bills. This means MORE ILLEGALS, LESS FREEDOM, & we’ve yet to see the bill that funds Radical Progressive Democrats’ mass-release policies & NGO’s behind it… (1/3) #NoSecurityNoFunding #NoOmnibus pic.twitter.com/OACrWoLOpL
— Chip Roy (@chiproytx) March 5, 2024
Despite the lack of earmarks for border security, the funding bill included a “GREEN agenda to limit beef production, and by the corporate meat oligopoly to DOMINATE small ranchers,” Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) wrote on X.
? Hidden in this week’s Omnibus:
Lobbyists got $15 million dollars to implement ELECTRONIC TRACKING of all cattle in the U.S.
No law authorizes this!
It will be used by the GREEN agenda to limit beef production, and by the corporate meat oligopoly to DOMINATE small ranchers. pic.twitter.com/jNsmDcxUGT
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) March 6, 2024
“There’s a $1,000,000 earmark in the omnibus bill for an LGBTQ center where people have bdsm sex parties,” Massie also pointed out.
There’s a $1,000,000 earmark in the omnibus bill for an LGBTQ center where people have bdsm sex parties.
After @libsoftiktok & I exposed it, the earmarks’ sponsor wants to remove it from the bill.
There’s just one problem, it’s stuck in the bill we are voting on this week!?♂️ https://t.co/R28hWWjXbk
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) March 6, 2024
And Massie also points out that it appears Republican votes are being bought again…
One Republican Senator gets 8 earmarks in the omnibus today.
No one voted to add these and no one gets to vote to take these out.
We have gone backwards 14 years, to before the 2010 Tea Party wave.
The swamp is back to buying Republican votes for the omnibus with earmarks. pic.twitter.com/DTUOg2UTPv
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) March 6, 2024
And more progressive nonsense, such as “Bus Stop Equity” in California.
Just a few highlights of the swamp’s over 1,000-page, pork-filled, omnibus part 1!
This is only the beginning.
I’m a hard NO! pic.twitter.com/BvkxJrPM6I
— Matt Rosendale (@RepRosendale) March 5, 2024
Meanwhile…
We’re already against the next omnibus bill. https://t.co/hKG7LRz2XJ pic.twitter.com/D4k0M9d3mi
— Libertarian Party (@LPNational) February 26, 2024
Democrats continue to ignore the majority of their constituent’s choices…
Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) wrote on X: “Americans have had enough earmarks. And enough inflation. And enough illegal immigration.”