Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) is among Republicans speaking out against the recently released omnibus spending bill, citing the $1.7 trillion price tag as well as the $45 billion allotted for Ukraine as Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) warns that “no Republican should cave into this political warfare.”
Congressional appropriators released the text of the 4,155-page bill in the very early hours of the morning. The bill totals $1.7 trillion, $773 billion of which is domestic spending specifically.
While there are Republican victories associated with the bill — including the absence of the media cartel bill and legislation banning TikTok from government devices — it also includes tens of millions in earmarks and other wasteful spending, including billions for Ukraine.
“I’m a No on Omnibus,” Massie said following the release of the bill’s text, citing the number of pages and $1.7 trillion total.
“$45 billion for Ukraine +unrelated laws,” he added. “Don’t tell me you ‘defend democracy’ if you support one bill once a year that funds everything, written behind closed doors by a few insiders, with insufficient time to read before voting”:
“I will vote NO on the secret Biden ‘omnibus’ budget that no one has read or seen,” Rep. Mary Miller (R-IL) wrote Monday, prior to the text’s release.
“Every single Republican should vote no, this is a disgrace! Why can’t the American people know what’s in it? It’s their money!” she added:
“The Democrats’ omnibus spending bill is more than 4,000 pages long,” Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) said.
“They expect Congress to rubber stamp this $2 trillion monstrosity and are pressuring us to do that right before the holidays,” he continued, adding that “No Republican should cave into this political warfare”:
“Every Republican should be a NO on the omnibus spending bill,” Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) said as others expressed similar sentiments:
Congress has until Friday to pass the measure in order to avoid a government shutdown.
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