{"id":2014069,"date":"2023-08-28T10:13:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T14:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republican-eyes-appropriations-process-to-defund-trump-prosecutions\/"},"modified":"2023-08-28T10:15:29","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T14:15:29","slug":"house-republican-eyes-appropriations-process-to-defund-trump-prosecutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republican-eyes-appropriations-process-to-defund-trump-prosecutions\/","title":{"rendered":"House Republican seeks to defund Trump prosecutions through appropriations process."},"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\">20<\/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%2Fhouse-republican-eyes-appropriations-process-to-defund-trump-prosecutions%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=2014069&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>House Republicans \u200bTarget Criminal Investigations into\u2063 Former President Donald Trump<\/h2>\n<p>House Republicans \u2063are exploring\u2062 various \u2064strategies to address the \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ice-wont-detain-deport-illegals-who-are-victims-of-crime-as-biden-border-crisis-explodes\/\" title=\"ICE Won\u2019t Detain, Deport Illegals Who Are Victims Of Crime\u00a0As Biden Border Crisis Explodes\">ongoing criminal investigations<\/a> into former \u200cPresident Donald Trump. One lawmaker, Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA), plans to leverage the annual appropriations process to \u2062defund these prosecutions as Congress reconvenes \u200bnext month.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Clyde intends to introduce two\u2063 amendments aimed at prohibiting the use of funds for the prosecution of any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republican-eyes-appropriations-process-to-defund-trump-prosecutions\/\" title=\"House Republican seeks to defund Trump prosecutions through appropriations process.\">major presidential \u200dcandidate leading<\/a> \u2063up to the 2024 election. One amendment would restrict funds for federal prosecutions, while the other would target state prosecutions. These measures are part of the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies appropriations bill, one of 12 spending bills that\u200b must be passed by Congress before the September 30 deadline\u200d to fund the government.<\/p>\n<h3>Protecting Tax Dollars and\u2063 Election Integrity<\/h3>\n<p>In a statement, Rep. Clyde emphasized that American\u2062 taxpayers&#8217; \u2063hard-earned money\u200b should not be\u200c used to support what he referred to as the &#8220;radical Left&#8217;s nefarious election interference efforts.&#8221; He specifically mentioned Trump&#8217;s\u2063 four criminal cases, asserting that these charges are intended to smear and hinder \u2063the former president&#8217;s ability to campaign effectively. Rep. Clyde believes that such overt \u200celection interference undermines both the \u200bRepublic and the fair system of justice.<\/p>\n<p>Trump currently faces 91 criminal charges across four investigations, which he \u200dand his GOP allies on Capitol Hill have criticized as partisan exercises. \u200bThe charges range from falsifying business records to obstruction related to his \u2063attempts to overturn the\u2062 2020 election results.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Clyde argues that it is crucial for Congress to utilize its power \u2063of the purse to safeguard the integrity of elections and prevent prosecutors from targeting top presidential \u200ccandidates.\u2063 He stated, &#8220;The American people get to decide who wins the White House\u200c \u2014 not Deep State actors who have shamelessly\u2062 attacked Donald Trump since he announced his first \u200cbid in 2015.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While \u2063the specific language for the amendments has not yet been\u2063 drafted, Rep. Clyde plans\u2064 to introduce the legislation during the House Appropriations Committee&#8217;s\u200b CJS markup\u2064 in September.<\/p>\n<h3>Challenges and Conservative Priorities<\/h3>\n<p>It remains uncertain\u2063 how much support the two \u2063amendments \u200dwill garner among House Republicans. Nevertheless, these proposals represent the latest endeavor to incorporate conservative priorities into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elizabeth-warrens-controversial-financial-agency-unconstitutional-court-rules\/\" title=\"Elizabeth Warren\u2019s Controversial Financial Agency Unconstitutional, Court Rules\">annual spending bills<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Congress must pass its budget by the end of September to avoid a government shutdown when the new fiscal year begins on \u200bOctober 1. Budget disagreements often prolong the process \u200das both\u200d parties contend over legislative priorities, with a final agreement typically reached at the last minute.<\/p>\n<p>Before the August recess, the House managed to \u200bpass only one of its 12 \u200cspending bills. With House lawmakers returning on September 12, they have a limited window of 18 days to\u200d pass a budget.<\/p>\n<p>Typically, lawmakers agree to a\u200c continuing resolution \u200dthat <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-approves-continuing-resolution-to-avoid-government-shutdown-till-mid-december\/\" title=\"Senate Approves Continuing Resolution to Avoid Government Shutdown Till Mid-December\">maintains current spending levels<\/a> until \u200ca broader \u200dagreement is \u200breached. However, \u200dsome hard-line\u200b conservatives have\u2062 already dismissed this approach, expressing \u2064their willingness to risk a government\u2062 shutdown in order to pass a more conservative budget.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the House Freedom Caucus have vowed not to support a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosi-could-use-funding-bill-to-tie-republicans-hands-next-congress-house-gop\/\" title=\"Pelosi Could Use Funding Bill to \u2018Tie Republicans\u2019 Hands\u2019 Next Congress: House GOP\">stopgap spending measure<\/a> unless it includes several policy wins. These demands include passing the House GOP border security\u2064 bill, addressing the &#8220;unprecedented weaponization&#8221; of the Justice Department, \u2062and\u2062 ending the implementation of &#8220;cancerous woke policies&#8221; at the Pentagon.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter outlining their stance, caucus members wrote, &#8220;Any support for a \u200d&#8217;clean&#8217; Continuing Resolution would be an \u2064affirmation of the current FY 2023 spending level grossly increased by the lame-duck December 2022 omnibus \u2064spending\u200d bill that we all vehemently opposed just seven months ago.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click here<\/a> to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Republicans are exploring options to undermine criminal investigations into ex-President Donald Trump. Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA) plans to introduce amendments to defund prosecutions through the annual appropriations process when Congress reconvenes next month. 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