Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is at it again. Schumer is demanding Congress reinstate a bloated, 1,500-page spending bill packed with wasteful pet projects, or else the federal government will shut down.
This tantrum comes as conservatives push for responsible, transparent spending reforms that prioritize taxpayers over the swamp’s insatiable appetite for pork.
“If the House put our original agreement on the floor today, it would pass, and we could put the threat of a shutdown behind us,” Schumer said.
“Our agreement would keep the government open, provide emergency aid for communities battered by hurricanes and other natural disasters, support our seniors, support our doctors, nurses, rural hospitals, and protect our farmers from the dairy cliff. As I said, the only, only way to get anything done is through bipartisanship.”
“It’s time to go back to the original agreement we had just a few days ago. It’s time the House votes on our bipartisan CR. It’s the quickest, simplest, and easiest way we can make sure the government stays open while delivering critical emergency aid to the American people,” said the delusional Senator on the 1,500-page spending disaster.
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What’s in the 1,500-Page Spending Disaster?
Schumer’s pet project includes a $69,000 annual pay increase for members of Congress, bringing their salaries to $243,000.
Here are just a few examples of the absurdities buried in the massive bill:
- $900 million earmarked for a new football stadium in Washington, D.C.
- Provisions to fund 12 new biolabs
- 72 pages of “Pandemic Preparedness and Response” policy
- Renewal of the embattled Global Engagement Center (GEC), accused of coordinating censorship campaigns under the guise of combating misinformation.
Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) accused Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), along with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) of secretly negotiating a bloated $1.7 trillion spending bill behind closed doors for nearly three months.
Lee revealed that the controversial legislation had been in the works for 85 days without the public’s knowledge, an act he characterized as an affront to transparency and accountability.
“Schumer, McConnell, Johnson, Jeffrey—the firm. They did this. Okay, McConnell and Schumer cooked this up for the last 85 days in secret, dropped it on everybody Wednesday, and this is where we are. Yes, it has failed. It’s failed miserably because the American people are awake,” said Lee.
The Gateway Pundit has received confirmation from House GOP Sources that votes are not expected until later today, possibly midnight.
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