{"id":1773917,"date":"2022-12-13T13:06:59","date_gmt":"2022-12-13T18:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1773917"},"modified":"2022-12-13T13:18:49","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T18:18:49","slug":"mccarthy-a-hell-no-on-omnibus-spending-bill-as-congress-races-to-avert-december-16-government-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccarthy-a-hell-no-on-omnibus-spending-bill-as-congress-races-to-avert-december-16-government-shutdown\/","title":{"rendered":"McCarthy a &#8220;Hell No&#8221; on Omnibus Spending Bill as Congress Races to Avert December 16 Government Shutdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/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%2Fmccarthy-a-hell-no-on-omnibus-spending-bill-as-congress-races-to-avert-december-16-government-shutdown%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=1773917&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/100-10-36\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody\">\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"ArticlePage-articleBody-firstLetter\">H<\/span>ouse Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/gop-committee-chair-selection-mccarthy-speaker-vote\">told members <\/a>of his conference he is a \u201chell no\u201d on an omnibus spending deal during a closed-door meeting on Tuesday as Congress looks to avert a <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense-national-security\/what-mcconnell-wants-to-avoid-short-term-resolution\">government shutdown <\/a>ahead of its Dec. 16 deadline. <\/p>\n<p>His comments come as members of the House Freedom Caucus, many of whom have voiced opposition to voting for the California Republican to become the next speaker unless major concessions are made, push for a short-term continuing resolution, arguing that Republicans will have more leverage to negotiate a better deal when they take the majority in January. <\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/mcconnell-threatens-continuing-resolution\">MCCONNELL THREATENS SHORT-TERM CONTINUING RESOLUTION IF DEMOCRATS DON&#8217;T MEET OMNIBUS DEMANDS<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs I said last week, Republicans will soon be in the majority and in the driver&#8217;s seat to fight for our priorities,\u201d McCarthy tweeted on Tuesday. \u201cThat&#8217;s why every Republican should be a NO on Democrats&#8217; lame-duck omnibus bill.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>While McCarthy has expressed reluctance to back a sweeping bipartisan spending deal, some within his conference said they believe members would rally around a package that doesn\u2019t dramatically increase spending levels. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe focus from individuals within the conference was on unity. When [Rep. Bob] Good [R-VA] talked about the need for unity on omni, we thought it was rich. He\u2019s been one of most divisive folks in conference,\u201d one GOP lawmaker told the <i>Washington Examiner<\/i>, adding that they believe most members, including McCarthy, would likely support an omnibus that doesn\u2019t include large increases to spending numbers. <\/p>\n<p>Multiple lawmakers are pushing for a one-week stop-gap measure to provide additional time for lawmakers to hash out a spending deal, with negotiators expressing optimism that they are close to a deal ahead of Christmas. <\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<p>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said late last month that there is \u201cwidespread agreement that we\u2019d be better off with an omnibus\u201d than a short-term stop-gap but noted there would be \u201csignificant hurdles to get over to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) told members of his conference he is a \u201chell no\u201d on an omnibus spending deal during a closed-door<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1773920,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[8303,8604,5458,4402,8280,5045,4479,3663,7991,8603,3819,5123,3834],"class_list":["post-1773917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-no","tag-avert","tag-bongino","tag-congress","tag-december","tag-government","tag-hell","tag-mccarthy","tag-omnibus","tag-races","tag-report","tag-shutdown","tag-spending"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1773917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1773917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1773917\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1773920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1773917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1773917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1773917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}