{"id":2002742,"date":"2023-08-16T16:36:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T20:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccarthys-proposal-for-stopgap-funding-bill-prompts-talk-of-conservative-revolt\/"},"modified":"2023-08-16T16:38:53","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T20:38:53","slug":"mccarthys-proposal-for-stopgap-funding-bill-prompts-talk-of-conservative-revolt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccarthys-proposal-for-stopgap-funding-bill-prompts-talk-of-conservative-revolt\/","title":{"rendered":"McCarthy&#8217;s funding bill sparks conservative revolt talks."},"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\">14<\/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%2Fmccarthys-proposal-for-stopgap-funding-bill-prompts-talk-of-conservative-revolt%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=2002742&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--><h2>Conservative Opposition Mounts Against Temporary Continuing Resolution<\/h2>\n<p>Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy&#8217;s\u200b (R-Calif.) trial balloon on\u2064 introducing a temporary Continuing\u200d Resolution (CR) when Congress returns from the August \u2062recess to gain additional\u200d time to negotiate a new federal spending deal is running into a vocal \u200bwall of conservative opposition.<\/p>\n<p>Asked by The Epoch Times\u200c if he thinks he and other members \u2064of \u2064the \u2063House Freedom Caucus (HFC) can kill a CR, Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) left no doubt about where he stands.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cYes, we will. I mean, \u200cI can \u2064tell you right now this gravy \u2062train is going to end. Again, we\u2019re\u200d not \u200ceven touching the interest\u200d on the debt; that\u2019s\u2064 going\u200c to exceed \u2064the entire defense budget of $832 billion in a few years. So we are\u200d [going to fight it], and we will throw caution to the\u2063 wind,&#8221; Mr. Norman\u2063 said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Related \u2063Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/epochtv\/house-speaker-kevin-mccarthy-floats-impeachment-inquiry-of-biden-5422188\">House Speaker Kevin McCarthy Floats Impeachment\u200d Inquiry \u200dof\u200b Biden<\/a> (7\/25\/2023)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/opinion\/speaker-kevin-mccarthys-strategic-victory-5308588\">Speaker Kevin McCarthy\u2019s Strategic Victory<\/a> (6\/2\/2023)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/epochtv\/house-speaker-kevin-mccarthy-travels-to-southern-border-in-tucson-arizona-5063040\">House Speaker Kevin McCarthy Travels to \u200cSouthern Border in Tucson,\u200d Arizona<\/a> (2\/16\/2023)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Similarly, Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) \u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/minutes\/congress\/08-16-2023\/chip-roy-house-cr-gop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/daredevils-body-found-on-random-patio-police-think-they-know-exactly-what-happened\/\" title=\"Daredevil's body discovered on patio; police close to solving the mystery.\">local\u200d media outlet<\/a>\u2062 he \u201cwill \u2063use every tool I have \u200cat my disposal \u2062to \u2064stop a \u2062continuing resolution structured that \u2063way and, frankly,\u200b to fight any efforts to continue to fund\u200c this government without radical reform for border security, at \u200cthe\u2063 Department\u2063 of Justice,\u2064 and at \u200bthe Department of Defense, at a minimum.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) speaks\u2064 at a House Rules Committee hearing on June 20, 2023. (House Rules Committee\/Screenshot\u200b via NTD)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And \u2062on Aug. 10, Mr. Roy led a group of 14 members of\u2064 the Texas House \u2063Delegation\u2064 in signing a <a href=\"https:\/\/roy.house.gov\/sites\/evo-subsites\/roy.house.gov\/files\/evo-media-document\/signed_tx-dhs-approps-letter.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dear Colleague<\/a> \u2063letter declaring &#8220;federal funding expires\u200c on \u200bSeptember 30, at\u200c which point we \u2063will no doubt face consideration of a continuing\u2062 resolution (CR) or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccarthys-proposal-for-stopgap-funding-bill-prompts-talk-of-conservative-revolt\/\" title=\"McCarthy's funding bill sparks conservative revolt talks.\">full-year appropriations \u2063measures<\/a> to fund the Biden administration. \u200cEnacting a CR would unacceptably mean continuing the funding level and\u2064 policies \u2064of the disastrous\u2063 FY 2023 omnibus, which Speaker McCarthy correctly argued perpetuates the \u200bborder crisis.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In their \u2064letter, the Texas representatives said, &#8220;Passing\u200b a full-year [Department of Homeland Security] DHS appropriations\u2062 bill without forcing the significant\u2064 change necessary to secure the southern border is\u200b equally objectionable,\u2063 even with some policy riders. Therefore, while simultaneously working to reduce spending levels and address other urgent policy matters, we must use the \u2062power of the purse \u2063to force President Biden to end the\u200b carnage resulting from open borders. \u200bNo appropriation should fund DHS \u200buntil the necessary steps are taken to\u2063 secure the border &#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>&#8216;No Border Security, No Funding&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>The letter concludes, saying, &#8220;Simply put, no\u2064 member of Congress\u2064 should agree\u2063 to \u200dfund\u200b a federal agency\u2062 at war with his state and people. We have a moral obligation to protect our states, our nation, and, importantly, \u200bthe migrant children getting abused from the disaster transpiring \u200cat our southern border.\u2064 No border security, no funding.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Other Texas Republican signers included Reps. Brian Babin, Wesley Hunt,\u2062 Keith\u2062 Self,\u200b Randy\u200b Weber, Beth\u200d Van Duyne, \u200dNathaniel\u200c Moran, \u200dMichael \u200cBurgess, Michael Cloud,\u200b Lance Gooden, Troy Nehls, Pete Sessions, Ronny Jackson, Pat Fallon, and Morgan Luttrell. Only Messers \u200dCloud, Weber, \u2064Jackson, and Nehls are HFC\u2063 members.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. McCarthy mentioned the \u200cpossibility of introducing a stopgap CR during his Aug.\u2064 14 conference call with members of the Republican\u2063 caucus\u200b that controls the\u200d House\u200b of Representatives by a slim margin\u2064 of four votes. \u200bMr. Norman said \u2063he expects more than enough opposition among the 42 HFC members to defeat a CR.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesman for Mr.\u2063 McCarthy notably did not take a\u2062 stopgap CR off \u2062the table but declared the Speaker to\u2064 be \u2062opposed to a year-long CR.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) speaks \u2063during a \u200dHouse Rules Committee meeting on measures giving working Americans and small businesses more health coverage options, protecting fiscally \u200cresponsible people\u2064 from being punished with higher mortgage \u2062fees, and\u2063 condemning moves to use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-do-they-all-keep-doing-this-kamala-harris-latest-dem-politician-photographed-maskless-with-masked-kids\/\" title=\"\u2018Why Do They All Keep Doing This?\u2019: Kamala Harris Latest Dem Politician Photographed Maskless With Masked Kids\">public school facilities<\/a>\u2063 to house \u200cillegal migrants, \u200din Washington \u2063on June \u206320, 2023. (Madalina Vasiliu\/The\u2064 Epoch Times)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At this early stage in\u200d the \u2062budget battle that has become, in recent years, an annual showdown on\u2063 Capitol\u200b Hill, numerous House Republicans, including HFC members like Mr. Weber, are keeping \u2063their powder \u200cdry for now.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He doesn\u2019t like what he is hearing but hasn\u2019t made any\u200d decisions.\u200c He would like to see what \u200dhappens and\u200b what is included in a temporary CR \u2062if that is the road we go down,&#8221; a Weber spokesperson told The Epoch \u200cTimes. Other\u2063 HFC members like Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) declined\u2062 to comment &#8220;at this time,&#8221; \u200caccording\u2063 to \u2063a spokesman.<\/p>\n<p>A knowledgeable senior Republican aide described the\u2063 present\u2062 mood among HFC members as\u200c &#8220;just beginning to process what happened. They&#8217;ve been on trips, a number of them\u2063 are on personal vacations, a number have big \u2062districts to cover, so there is no consensus. People are asking, \u200d&#8217;Are there conditions for the CR? What&#8217;s the time\u200b period covered?&#8217; We&#8217;re just kind of all over\u2062 the\u2062 place on it\u2062 at this point.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mr. McCarthy&#8217;s\u200d position\u2063 heading \u2063into\u200b September is complicated immensely by four political realities. First, with \u2062such\u200d a slim GOP House majority, it \u200bdoesn&#8217;t take many HFC or other conservatives in the Republican \u2063caucus\u2014such as\u200b those in the Texas \u200ddelegation joining \u2062Mr. Roy&#8217;s &#8220;no security, no funding&#8221; \u200ddemand regarding the border\u2014to sink a CR if House Democrats also oppose the measure.<\/p>\n<p>Second, Mr. McCarthy\u200b proved his abilit<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) faces conservative opposition as he considers introducing a temporary Continuing Resolution (CR) to extend federal spending negotiations. This trial balloon, aimed at gaining more time, is met with vocal resistance from conservatives. 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