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Republican “Nay” Votes on House Bill + Reactions (Unanimously Supported By Dems!)

The fact that the American Relief Act received more consistent support from Democrats than Republicans ought to tell us a little bit about what just happened.

Before we get into the list and reactions, watch Rep. Tim Burchett’s response immediately after the House passed the bill in an 85-11 vote.

Tim Burchett is as principled and grounded as they come.

His repeated statement that “we got played” rings true in my mind.

Even without knowing all the details of the bill… Burchett’s gut tells him they got played, and I suspect he’s right.

The continuing resolution will fund the government for 3 months and received almost every Democratic vote in the House, with just one voting “present”.

Here is the full list of Republican lawmakers — 34 in all — who voted against the final version of the bill that passed Friday night according to Newsweek:

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Representative Jim Banks of Indiana
Representative Andy Biggs of Arizona
Representative Dan Bishop of North Carolina
Representative Josh Brecheen of Oklahoma
Representative Lauren Boebert of Colorado
Representative Tim Burchett of Tennessee
Representative Eric Burlison of Missouri
Representative Michael Cloud of Texas
Representative Andrew Clyde of Georgia
Representative Eli Crane of Arizona
Representative John Curtis of Utah
Representative Scott DesJarlais of Tennessee
Representative Russ Fulcher of Idaho
Representative Tony Gonzales of Texas
Representative Bob Good of Virginia
Representative Lance Gooden of Texas
Representative Glenn Grothman of Wisconsin
Representative Andy Harris of Maryland
Representative Diana Harshbarger of Tennessee
Representative Wesley Hunt of Texas
Representative Debbie Lesko of Arizona
Representative Greg Lopez of Colorado
Representative Nancy Mace of South Carolina
Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky
Representative Rich McCormick of Virginia
Representative Cory Mills of Florida
Representative Alex Mooney of West Virginia
Representative Andy Ogles of Tennessee
Representative Scott Perry of Pennsylvania
Representative Matt Rosendale of Montana
Representative Chip Roy of Texas
Representative Keith Self of Texas
Representative Tom Tiffany of Wisconsin
Representative Beth Van Duyne of Texas

Rep. Andy Biggs who serves on the House Oversight Committee pointed out that this bill is another example of the “Uniparty” continuing to swipe a credit card that has already been “maxed out”.

Rep. Michael Cloud, who also serves on the Oversight Committee as well as the House Appropriations Committee, argued that his issue isn’t with President Trump.

According to Cloud, the issue is with the “establishment” that promises to do such-and-such, but never follows through.

Here’s the full text of Cloud’s post for easier viewing:

Folks who claim House Conservatives aren’t backing President Trump are missing the point.

The issue is not with President Trump at all. We are the ones who most support his agenda here.

We’re trying to protect the chance to implement it next year.

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The issue here is with a Washington establishment who claims to be pro-Trump and then never actually follows through when the time comes. Cutting spending, building the wall, ending pointless wars — all things the Swamp says they want to do and then makes excuses for later.

We want actual commitments that they’ll pass President Trump’s policies rather than saying one thing at Christmas and then making excuses when it’s time to deliver.

We’re working on that and making progress.

That’s a hard argument to dismiss when the reality of his fear has reared its ugly head time and time again.

Representative Josh Brecheen who sits on several important committees and is counted as one of the influential members of the House Freedom Caucus emphasized he would have to defy his own conscience in order to vote “yes” on a bill that increases spending by billions without definitive cuts.

Here’s the full text of Brecheen’s post:

My conscience led me to a “no” as the bill increases spending by over 100 billion and does NOT offer real spending cuts, therefore allowing inflation to continue. My mind is on all Oklahoma families, farmers, and ranchers who have lost approximately 20 percent of their purchasing power since 2020 because of Congress’s continual deficit spending.

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Rep. Eli Crane, also a pivotal Freedom Caucus member, voted no based on a deep commitment to “break the cycle” of spending at a level set by Nancy Pelosi.

Rep. Andrew Clyde, another Freedom Caucus member, voted “No” on the Continuation Resolution because even after suggesting numerous alternative solutions to fund the disaster and farm aid, they were all rejected… while still adding $110 billion to the deficit.

Here’s the full text of Clyde’s post for easier viewing:

I fully support delivering disaster and farm aid. Yet, as with all government funding, this aid must be done in a fiscally responsible manner.

I cannot in good conscience vote for legislation that adds $110 billion to the deficit, which is why I offered House GOP Leadership numerous options to pay for this aid.

Unfortunately, all of these offsets were rejected.

I’m a NO on the current CR.

Rep. Nancy Mace, who has been floated as a possible replacement for the Speaker’s position come January 3rd, also voted “No”.

Mace points out in a post on X that the bill continued a $1.778 TRILLION in spending initiated by Biden & Pelosi with “no cuts, and no accountability”.

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Here’s Mace’s full response:

I oppose the Continuing Resolution for the third time.

This bill signs off on continuing the $1.778 trillion in Biden-Pelosi level spending from the last CR and includes no cuts, and no accountability. Instead of single-subject bills, we get handed a fiscal trainwreck.

The American people are watching. We can, and should do better.

After watching the social media backlash to previous versions of the bill, I can’t blame her for taking her cues from the conservatives who are consistently preaching that we need to adhere to the principles we say we operate by!

And finally, check out what Rep. Cory Mills had to say about the simple solution that was “ignored”.

Again, his logic is impeccable.

Not only that, but he points out solutions that were apparently agreed upon — but abandoned at the last moment!

Here’s the full text of Mills’ post for easier viewing:

The solution was simple, explained but ignored:

– Standalone bill for disaster relief
-Standalone bill for agriculture
– Bare minimum gov funding given Biden has 30-days left and this gives him inflated funding to use with weaponizing DoJ and other payment wishlists

Then on Jan 20th we could have approved a budget for President Trump to achieve his agenda.

Rep. Scott Perry basically responded to the “hurry up and vote” mantra by refusing to see the leadership’s lack of urgency up to this point as constituting a crisis.

Rep. Wesley Hunt hammered home that same point.

It is almost a “tradition” that we get right up to the brink of a government shutdown before anything is done.

And then — our Representatives are simply expected to vote as they’re told, with not even enough time to read the bill that is put before them!

Here’s the full text of Rep. Hunt’s post for easier reading:

Since becoming a United States Congressman, I have steadfastly opposed continuing resolutions. The people of Congressional District 38 sent me to Washington to reduce the size of government, not to hand it a blank check.

This week, with the strength of your voices, we stopped the swamp from forcing a 1,500-page omnibus—masquerading as a continuing resolution—down our throats. It’s a grim Washington tradition this time of year.

For years, my brave colleagues and I have been sounding the alarm, demanding single-subject spending bills—individual appropriations that fund the government responsibly and transparently. Yet, year after year, those calls are ignored, and the swamp continues to operate as usual.

So why are we on the brink of a government shutdown?

It’s because Congress persists in governing through continuing resolutions—a reckless practice akin to handing a limitless credit card to a five-year-old. And now, the bill has come due.

At the 11th hour, we are handed bloated spending bills with no time to read them and little time to debate them.

In my first two years in Congress, I’ve witnessed an alarming amount of time spent on renaming post offices and passing nonbinding resolutions condemning every imaginable issue. But when it comes to the hard work of crafting single-subject spending bills and individual appropriations, there’s suddenly no time.

Is it truly a lack of time that forces these last-minute, unacceptable spending increases and pork-filled packages? Or is the system deliberately designed to function this way?

The national debt stands at $36 trillion and climbing.

This is not leadership.
This is not sustainable.

We are continuing to do the work to get to a solution that is sustainable, and if when we’re there, I will report back.

While President Trump definitively won a mandate to enact his agenda, and even enjoys a good deal of influence within Congress, the fact remains that “business as usual” is a lot of the reason we are in such a mess financially as a country to begin with.

The increased transparency that is being pushed in Congress is definitely a thing of beauty; as is the ability of “We the people” to influence true change thanks to the technological realities that social media brings to the table.

Even so, there seems to be an even greater need for dialogue and a true conversation surrounding our representative government when you factor in that social media aspect.

Like many things, this will probably be a process of discovering exactly what this “change” looks like — and how we do so… without falling into old traps along the way.

 


 

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