Yesterday, we warned that a storm was brewing in Washington, D.C. over the 1,500-page spending bill U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) are trying to ram through Congress.
Now, President-Elect Trump has come out swinging against this outrageous squandering of our money – and the whole thing might fall apart.
The bill cuts no spending anywhere and adds HUNDREDS of BILLIONS in spending – including a big pay raise for members of Congress themselves!
To sweeten the deal for Democrats, they even threw in bizarre policies to fund government censorship organs and to block public access to the “January 6 Committee” records.
The massive bill contains hundreds of billions in senseless spending. Call it the Senseless Spending Scheme.
All of this was done behind closed doors by Speaker Mike Johnson. They just released the bill on Tuesday, giving lawmakers no time to read the 1,547-page monstrosity.
The rotten bill provoked a massive backlash among congressional Republicans. But then, yesterday afternoon, President-Elect Trump put his 800-pound foot down.
Trump lashed out at the special interest pork and especially the provisions to prevent accountability for corrupt government officials.
“If Democrats threaten to shut down the government unless we give them everything they want, then CALL THEIR BLUFF,” Trump wrote.
Voters should be furious and insulted.
“This was a deal negotiated by House Democrats and Republicans and Senate Republicans and Democrats,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) fumed yesterday.
Yes: we’ve had brief shutdowns of the federal government. The result was always the same: we were fine. And the bureaucrats were always paid for their time off.
The free-spenders in Congress need to hear that enough is enough.
Whether your representative is a Democrat or a Republican, you need to call him or her and tell them to OPPOSE the corrupt spending deal.
Call your representative now at (202) 224-3121 and tell them to vote NO – no bloated bill, no pay increase!
Here’s a simple message you can deliver to your representative:
Hello, this is (your name) from (your city). Vote NO on the garbage pork-laden budget bill that leadership introduced on Tuesday, and demand a clean spending bill. No bloated budget and no pay increase for you while Americans are struggling to pay their bills. Vote NO on the Senseless Spending Scheme.
If enough American patriots provide the political “muscle” to show how widespread the opposition to this 1,547 page monstrosity is, you and I can kill it NOW.
Let’s notch another victory before the end of the year!
For Liberty,
John McCardell
Executive Director
Ron Paul’s Campaign for Liberty
