Congressman Wesley Hunt (R-TX) is calling out the push to pass an omnibus Continuing Resolution (CR) as an “irresponsible Christmas tradition” and likened the spending bill to Congress handing a “lump of coal” to the American people.
Hunt’s comments come on the heels of a 1550 page pork-filled omnibus CR being stopped last night due to pressure from the public and open opposition from Dept. of Government Efficiency figures Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy.
The Texas congressman lamented how, “The federal government has become addicted to writing blank checks, not for voters, but for illegal immigrants, foreign countries, and, in some cases, even terrorist organizations,” and how voters were promised that CRs would end in the 118th Congress.
Hunt took direct aim at the lack of accountability that follows such omnibus spending bills saying:
It doesn’t take a Christmas miracle to pass 12 appropriations bills. It just takes a Congress willing to act in the people’s best interests. This Christmas, and every Christmas after, Americans deserve to know how their hard-earned money is being spent by their government.
Rep. Hunt isn’t the only congressman to call out what’s becoming a D.C. tradition of ramming through shadowy spending bills just before Christmas.
Kentucky Congressman Thomas Massie warned more than a year ago that congressional leaders have a habit of punting the ball on funding bills until Dec 20th and then threatening to hold members of Congress in session through the Christmas break if they don’t vote for the bill.
Massie, who joking refers to himself as “NostraThomas” for accurately predicting this current congressional chaos, also condemned the practice of pressuring members of Congress into voting on a massive bill that they have not had time to read.
Behind those concerned congressional faces currently bemoaning the possibility of a partial government shutdown and the withholding of funding for their pet causes, is a gang of dedicated swamp creatures working desperately to conduct business as usual.