With the Louisiana Republican’s attempt to play Santa Claus with a Christmas list temporary spending costs, Speaker Mike Johnson is getting some well-deserved coal from liberals who are aghast.  ,
The sweeping house-of-cards estimate that Johnson supported failed on Wednesday despite scathing criticism from liberals and an receiving president who urged Republican to “get SMART and Hard” with Democrats.  ,
‘ Rich Citizens ‘
Johnson detests the synonym, but the proposed solution the speech has presided over is nothing more than a sluggish omnibus bill packed with meat, censorship, and darling offers for Congress. The basic spending plan has grown to a swollen 1, 500+ sites, following his reported motives to deliver a clean” continuing quality” to keep the bloated federal government completely open for another few weeks.  ,
A possible pay raise for congressional users and a clause allowing senators and representatives to withdraw from Obamacare in favor of better, taxpayer-funded plan were included in the scam proposal on Wednesday.  ,
Rank-and-file lawmakers already earn$ 174, 000 yearly, with higher pay for those in authority content. In spite of complaints from some, house people earlier this year blocked a proposed pay increase.  ,
” I live in the Washington, D. C., place. It’s an pricey place in which to live”, Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Md., said in June. ” Is it a serious question whether or not the only people who can offer these are wealthy people?”
With plenty of benefits, national politicians are faring much better than most Americans, reviewers assert. The proposed give leap would probably give politicians a 3.8 percent increase, or about$ 6, 600 a year, pushing net pay to$ 180, 600 in 2025.  ,
The terrible Congress health insurance that millions of Americans have been enduring under the First Branch of the government would be passed under the legislative benefits package. Additionally, it would make it possible for lawmakers to sign up for the Federal Employee Health Benefits ( FEHB) program’s Cadillac plans.
A Certain Sandwich, by the way.
Per usual, a dull sword of Damocles hangs over the absurd stopgap spending battle, with the threat of a “government shutdown” if Congress doesn’t reach a deal by midnight Friday ( Spoiler Alert: Much of the government doesn’t actually shut down at a funding impasse ). Johnson’s golden chariot turns up into a pumpkin. In a Cinderella tale, many of the characters are the cruel wife.  ,
On Wednesday, a day after the bus was released, the grievances came fast and furious. President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk, his incoming co-director of the Department of Government Efficiency ( DOGE ), blasted the bloated spending package, which crumbed under its own weight and awfulness. Trump stated to Fox News on Wednesday that he is” entirely opposed” to the temporary spending plan. Musk admonished the House on X, the social system he owns, asserting,” This expenses if not go” . ,
” Always seen a bigger piece of pork”? Musk cited a picture of the enormous bus above.  ,
Some politicians were not as fragile.
” There’s a certain hamburger that’s made of stool, and that’s what I would compare this to”, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., said Wednesday, according to CBS News. She raised fears about the federal bill’s proposed$ 110 billion disaster relief. ” This is a s**t sandwich. I don’t know how else to say that we’re being forced into this position” . ,  ,
Fellow Florida Rep. Kat Cammack described the measure as” a band-aid that is laced with fentanyl”, the news outlet reported.  ,
” Begin Acting Like It”
Johnson was feeling the strain first on over a catch-all spending bill that may prove properly costly for the ever-equivocating listener, who, with a razor-thin lot, is hanging on to his command post by a tearing string.  ,
On Wednesday, Johnson, Trump, and incoming Vice President J. D. Vance called for a clean continuing resolution and for raising the debt ceiling before the nation’s untenable$ 36. 2 trillion debt bumps up against the reinstated ceiling on Day 1 of the new year, further complicating matters.  ,
In a statement posted on X, Trump and Vance said,” Republicans want to support our farmers, pay for disaster relief, and set our country up for success in 2025.” The only way to accomplish that is by using a temporary funding bill that doesn’t include any democratic incentives or an increase in the debt cap. Anything else is a betrayal of our country”.
The soon-to-be 47th president rallied Republicans to” GET SMART and TOUGH” . ,
Call the Democrats ‘ “BLUFF” if they threaten to shut down the government without giving them everything they want. It is]Senate Majority Leader Chuck ] Schumer and]President Joe ] Biden who are holding up aid to our farmers and disaster relief”, Trump wrote. He added that” IF WE HAD A REAL PRESIDENT, THE ANGER” wouldn’t be as bad as the chaos surrounding the funding plan. WE WILL IN 32 DAYS”!
In his shaky tenure as Speaker of the House, Johnson’s trademarks were” tough” and” Smart.” Although there are political realities that all congressional leaders experience, especially when they write spending bills, this is a mess of Johnson’s creation. Late on Wednesday, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise stated to reporters that Republicans would “work through the night, through the morning to get an agreement we can bring to the floor.”
If they want to have a deal worth making, they must come up with something better than selling out conservative principles and playing wet nurse to wealthy liberals. A resolution that fully reflects the authority that conservatives were just given by voters.  ,
In other words, they should govern like they won an election.  ,
” We won. @HouseGOP should start acting like it”, Rep. Keith Self, R-Texas, wrote in response to Musk’s post on X.  ,
Matt Kittle covers The Federalist’s senior elections coverage. An award-winning investigative reporter and 30-year veteran of print, broadcast, and online journalism, Kittle previously served as the executive director of Empower Wisconsin.
