{"id":1368794,"date":"2022-03-10T10:31:03","date_gmt":"2022-03-10T15:31:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1368794"},"modified":"2022-03-10T10:31:07","modified_gmt":"2022-03-10T15:31:07","slug":"party-infighting-over-spending-bill-derails-democrats-weekend-plans-this-retreat-is-cursed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/party-infighting-over-spending-bill-derails-democrats-weekend-plans-this-retreat-is-cursed\/","title":{"rendered":"Party Infighting over Spending Bill Derails Democrats\u2019 Weekend Plans: \u2018This Retreat Is Cursed\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fparty-infighting-over-spending-bill-derails-democrats-weekend-plans-this-retreat-is-cursed%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1368794&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">House Democrats\u2019 disagreements over the $1.5 trillion omnibus spending bill led to a delayed vote on Wednesday, which, in turn, upended the Democrats\u2019 long-awaited pre-midterm retreat plans.<\/p>\n<p>The bill passed in two parts at around 10:00 p.m. Wednesday evening after intra-party contention ultimately forced House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to excise $15 billion in coronavirus funding from the bill, a move the speaker described as \u201cheartbreaking,\u201d according to a letter she\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.speaker.gov\/newsroom\/3922-3\">wrote<\/a> to her colleagues.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The funding would have been offset by unspent state-allocated coronavirus relief money, which governors in various states took issue with, leading to those states\u2019 congress members raising objections to the offset with Pelosi.<\/p>\n<p>A <em>Politico<\/em> report <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/03\/09\/congress-government-funding-package-00014322\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cited<\/a> several Democrat members who \u201cstreamed through Pelosi\u2019s office on Wednesday afternoon as the caucus scrambled for a solution,\u201d including Reps. Mark Pocan (D-WI), Dean Phillips (D-MN), Angie Craig (D-MN), and Debbie Dingell (D-MN). The outlet also noted Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, opposed the offset.<\/p>\n<p>Pelosi, however, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Breitbart\/videos\/721421979236729\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">spoke<\/a> on the spending package in a press conference early Wednesday evening in which she blamed Republicans for the multibillion-dollar funding concession she had to make while chalking up Democrat-induced complications to \u201clively negotiation.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The objections and ultimate removal of that portion of the bill came after Rep. Jody Hice (R-GA) filed a motion to adjourn Wednesday morning, a timely enough process that it helped give way to the subsequent breakdown of the bill in its current state and its eventual need to be rewritten before coming up for a vote.<\/p>\n<p>Hice later quipped on social media that his motion may have been the \u201cmost cost-saving MTA in American history.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">After my motion to adjourn, Democrats stripped the entire $15.6 billion of unnecessary COVID funding from their massive omnibus spending package.<\/p>\n<p>This could be the most cost-saving MTA in American history! \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Jody Hice (@CongressmanHice) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CongressmanHice\/status\/1501666515426459648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Georgia congressman joined several of his Republican colleagues in vocalizing their disapproval of the voting process on Wednesday. The bill was more than 2,700 pages long and was not made public until sometime after 1:00 a.m. Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Hice said, \u201cA massive late night bill drops and Democrats expect us to vote on it without having the time to vet it. The system is broken.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>He also accused Democrats of \u201ctrying to rush the most massive spending bill in American history through the house\u2026 to board a bus and head to their retreat as soon as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Democrats are trying to rush the most massive spending bill in American history through the house\u2026 to board a bus and head to their retreat as soon as possible.  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RfhdaIUSJn\">https:\/\/t.co\/RfhdaIUSJn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Jody Hice (@CongressmanHice) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CongressmanHice\/status\/1501604230628622347?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>One Capitol Hill aide present toward the end of the evening told Breitbart News he heard two Democrats, including Rep. Norma Torres (D-CA), saying they would not be going to the retreat and that they appeared \u201cangry.\u201d Torres\u2019s office did not respond to Breitbart News\u2019s request for confirmation of her plans.<\/p>\n<p>The multi-day retreat, the first in-person conference for Democrats since coronavirus entered the scene, was supposed to begin Wednesday in Philadelphia. The day was to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/03\/09\/democratic-male-leader-invites-drag-queen-to-entertain-women-legislators\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">conclude<\/a> with a performance by a man dressed in drag who goes by the stage name \u201cLady Bunny.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A Punchbowl News reporter shared a photo of the empty venue on Wednesday night:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A source sends along this pic of empty room at the retreat, set up for members <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5Y9kpywYVT\">pic.twitter.com\/5Y9kpywYVT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Heather Caygle (@heatherscope) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/heatherscope\/status\/1501759531105370112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 10, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A colorful CNN report <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/03\/09\/politics\/democrats-reaction-spending-fight\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">headlined<\/a>\u00a0\u201cAs Democrats try to unify, a messy spending fight leaves emotions raw\u201d detailed bitter remarks Democrats had made throughout the day, mainly over the coronavirus provision of the bill, and indicated the caucus would be busing to its retreat late Wednesday night in an overall state of frustration.<\/p>\n<p>Pocan said he \u201choped Lady Bunny was having a nice dinner since members were not there for her performance\u201d and that \u201cthis retreat is cursed,\u201d according to the CNN report.<\/p>\n<p>The report added, \u201cAnother Democrat was more succinct. \u2018What a s***show,\u2019 the member said.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Write to Ashley Oliver at <a href=\"mailto:aoliver@breitbart.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">aoliver@breitbart.com<\/a>. Follow her on Twitter at <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/asholiver\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@asholiver<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Democrats\u2019 disagreements over the $1.5 trillion omnibus spending bill led to a delayed vote on Wednesday, which, in turn, upended the Democrats\u2019 long-awaited pre-midterm retreat plans. 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