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Christian Britschgi | 9.12.2024 9:37 AM

Republican House leadership is trying again to put a spending bill together as a fiscal deadline looms. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R–La.) had intended for the GOP-controlled House to vote yesterday on a new continuing resolution (CR) that would keep the government open past October 1.

But at the last minute he pulled the spending bill in the face of opposition from fiscal hawks and defense spending boosters making mutually exclusive demands.

"I'm a hell no," said Rep. Thomas Massie (R–Ky.) on X earlier this week. "Congress is spending our country into oblivion, and this bill doesn't cut spending."

I'm voting Hell No on the "Continuing Appropriations and Other Matter Act" this week.

I don't care which bright shiny object is attached to it, or which fake fight we start and won't finish.

Congress is spending our country into oblivion, and this bill doesn't cut spending.

— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) September 9, 2024

On the flip side,........

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