Members of Congress who support the spending bill would rather you not know what they stand to gain – Twitchy
We’ve seen this circus before: There’s a looming Friday deadline as Congress seeks to pass a continuing resolution to avoid a government shutdown.
Conservative Republicans, including Rep. Chip Roy, were discussing the bill and what it includes:
Cavuto: “Is Speaker Johnson threatening to become president again?”@chiproytx: “This is not something that would be well received by the conference…what it is now, is a Christmas tree bill, and it should not go forward!” pic.twitter.com/8aRwzPDHXG
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) December 18, 2024
.@chiproytx: “When you get transparency on a bill like this, the American people see it. Now @VivekGRamaswamy and @elonmusk They offer it. Suddenly, these men can’t hide. “The Emperor has no clothes.” pic.twitter.com/RJ4XESKVdB
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) December 18, 2024
Conservative Republicans don’t like all the spending in the bill, and House Speaker Mike Johnson said he doesn’t like it either but supports it anyway. Because it’s the best that can be done:
During an interview on “Fox & Friends” on Wednesday morning, co-host Steve Doocy noted Musk’s response and noted that the only way for the bill to pass would be with Democratic support.
“Well, I was communicating with Elon last night. Elon, Vivek, and I have been communicating through a text chain and I was explaining the background to this,” Johnson explained. “And Vivek and I talked last night around midnight. He said: Look, I understand. “We understand that you are in an impossible situation,” he said. Everyone knows that.
Johnson continued: “Remember, guys, we still have a very small Republican margin.” “So any bill would have to have Democratic votes. They understand the situation. They said: It is not directed at you, Mr. President, but we do not like to spend. So I said: Guess what, guys? I don’t do that either.
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In one of the videos above, Rep. Roy said there used to be a 72-hour rule to give lawmakers time to read and vet bills, but not this time. to some However, there are many members of Congress who would prefer to drop the 1,500-plus page bill and not give members, the media and Americans in general time to read it before taking a vote. there are many, a lot The reasons for this, including what is involved in the matter for members of Congress.
The bill’s authors are clearly trying to sneak a pay raise into themselves:
Congress is giving itself a pay raise and opting itself out of Obamacare in a new 1,547-page House resolution to continue funding central government. pic.twitter.com/wLzXWgK9aK
– J. Michael Waller (JMichaelWaller) December 18, 2024
via POLITICO:
Hoyer, a former Democratic leader in the House, acknowledged that some in his caucus are “not happy in some cases,” but he expects general unity in voting for the interim replacement.
Regular lawmakers in both chambers receive an annual salary of $174,000, while those in leadership earn more than that. The maximum potential member pay adjustment in January 2025 under the temporary spending bill would be 3.8 percent, which would result in a salary of $180,600, an increase of $6,600.
It’s a good idea to vote to give yourself a raise, especially if the place you work is about $40 trillion in debt.
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Editor’s Note: We have some tweets in this story suggesting the bill would give members of Congress a 40 percent pay raise when that doesn’t appear to be the case. Those tweets have been removed from this story.