{"id":2017846,"date":"2023-08-31T09:14:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T13:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-conservatives-arent-afraid-of-sending-government-into-shutdown-over-spending-so-be-it\/"},"modified":"2023-08-31T09:17:07","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T13:17:07","slug":"house-conservatives-arent-afraid-of-sending-government-into-shutdown-over-spending-so-be-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-conservatives-arent-afraid-of-sending-government-into-shutdown-over-spending-so-be-it\/","title":{"rendered":"House conservatives are unafraid to cause a government shutdown over spending."},"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\">22<\/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-conservatives-arent-afraid-of-sending-government-into-shutdown-over-spending-so-be-it%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=2017846&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 Conservatives Aren&#8217;t Afraid\u200b of\u200b Sending Government \u2062Into \u2064Shutdown Over Spending: &#8216;So Be It&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>With the current federal fiscal\u200c year\u2062 ending in roughly a month and no budget in place to \u200bfund the federal\u200b government\u2063 after Sept. 30,\u2064 the possibility \u2064of \u2063a government \u200cshutdown\u2062 is looming.<\/p>\n<p>Some House conservatives are just fine with that.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIf\u2063 a shutdown occurs, then\u2062 so be \u2064it if\u2064 they\u2019re not gonna stick \u200bto \u200cwhat [Speaker Kevin McCarthy] agreed to, which is starting on\u200c a\u200d path\u2063 of financial \u2064security, which we don\u2019t have,\u201d Republican Rep. Ralph Norman of \u2064South Carolina said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/house\/4177888-house-conservatives-flirt-with-shutdown-so-be-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hill<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The view was echoed by Republican Rep. Bob Good of Virginia.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cEighty-five percent or so of the government \u200dcontinues to operate, and \u200dmost Americans won\u2019t even miss it,\u201d\u200d Good said. \u201cAnd if that\u2019s the leverage \u200dthat we need to utilize to force the Democrats \u200dto <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-leaders-play-debt-ceiling-blame-game-while-aides-negotiate-behind-the-scenes\/\" title=\"Senate leaders blame each other for debt ceiling issue as aides negotiate privately.\">accept spending cuts<\/a> and an end \u2064to the \u200charmful policies that\u2064 are, again, crushing the American people \u2014 I mean, then we need\u200b to do\u2063 that.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In \u200dtheory, the budget is supposed to\u2064 be \u2064approved by the beginning of the federal fiscal\u2063 year on Oct. 1.\u2064 Given that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/house-begins-6-week-recess-early-failing-reach-agreement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">House<\/a> has \u200d11 days in sessions \u2063between now and the \u2063budget deadline, passage is unlikely.<\/p>\n<p>Only one of the 12\u2064 budget\u200d bills required to fund the government has \u200dpassed the House. The Senate Appropriations Committee has passed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/congress-set-heated-battle-following-recess-biden-wants-north-10-billion-sent-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">its version<\/a> of the bills, but all \u2064spend more\u200b money than the House \u2063will support, according to \u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/08\/30\/us\/politics\/mccarthy-spending-shutdown.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York \u2063Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-begins-6-week-recess-early-after-failing-to-reach-agreement\/\" title=\"House starts 6-week recess early due to failed agreement.\">-time federal budgets<\/a> do not happen often, which leads\u2063 to the passage of \u2064what are known as continuing \u2062resolutions to keep\u200d the government running. The\u2064 Fiscal\u2063 Year 2023 budget, which took effect last Oct.\u200d 1, did \u200dnot receive final congressional passage until Dec. 23, 2022, according \u2062to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/12\/23\/us\/politics\/house-passes-spending-bill.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200dHouse <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/house-freedom-caucus-strikes-back-unleashes-retribution-kevin-mccarthy-bold-move\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Freedom Caucus<\/a> has staked out its position\u200c in a draft \u200crelease, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/house\/4162189-freedom-caucus-policy-conditions-stopgap-government-funding-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hill<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The caucus wants any continuing resolution to \u201cinclude the House-passed \u2018Secure the Border Act of 2023\u2019 to \u200dcease the unchecked flow of illegal migrants, \u200ccombat the evils of human \u2062trafficking, and stop the flood of dangerous fentanyl into\u2064 our communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The representatives also call on\u2062 lawmakers to \u201caddress the unprecedented weaponization of \u2063the Justice Department\u200d and FBI to focus them on prosecuting \u200breal criminals \u2062instead of \u2064conducting political witch hunts \u200dand <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-sens-call-out-atf-over-mass-denial-of-suppressor-applications\/\" title=\"GOP Sens. Call Out ATF over 'Mass Denial' of Suppressor Applications\">targeting law-abiding citizens<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The position paper also seeks to\u2062 \u201cend the Left\u2019s <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.\">cancerous woke policies<\/a> in the Pentagon undermining our \u2064military\u2019s \u200dcore warfighting mission.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFurthermore,\u200d we will oppose any attempt by Washington to revert to \u2063its old playbook of using a series \u200cof <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-conservatives-arent-afraid-of-sending-government-into-shutdown-over-spending-so-be-it\/\" title=\"House conservatives are unafraid to cause a government shutdown over spending.\">short-term \u2062funding extensions\u200b designed<\/a> to push \u200cCongress up against a \u2063December deadline to force the passage of\u2062 yet another monstrous, budget busting, \u2062pork filled, lobbyist handout omnibus spending bill at year\u2019s \u2063end and we will \u200cuse every procedural tool necessary to prevent\u200d that outcome,\u201d the\u2063 Freedom Caucus\u2062 document said.<\/p>\n<p>House Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mccarthy-says-move-impeachment-next-month-biden-doesnt-comply-demands\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kevin \u200bMcCarthy<\/a> \u200d is trying to\u2064 steer a course that appeases conservatives and avoids a shutdown, noting that the multiple investigations of the Biden \u2062family could be at risk.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIf \u2064we shut down, all the government shuts it down \u2014 investigation and everything else,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kevin-mccarthy-teases-congressional-investigation-biden-administrations-maui-actions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">McCarthy<\/a> said, according to\u200d the Times. \u201cIt hurts\u200b the American public.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Not everyone buys that\u2064 line of reasoning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not as if the\u2064 investigators won\u2019t be considered necessary or essential personnel. He is the one who decides how much of the House we shut down,\u201d Republican Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado said.<\/p>\n<p>Republican Rep. \u200dMatt Rosendale of Montana \u2064dismissed McCarthy\u2019s argument.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are not going \u200bto be distracted by \u200bshiny objects,\u200c saying\u200d if you don\u2019t get this continuing\u2062 resolution\u2063 passed, we won\u2019t be able to \u2064pursue the impeachment inquiry. That\u2019s nonsense,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/house-conservatives-arent-afraid-sending-government-shutdown-spending\/\">House Conservatives Aren&#8217;t Afraid of \u2062Sending Government Into Shutdown Over\u2063 Spending: &#8216;So Be It&#8217;<\/a> appeared first on\u2062 <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the federal fiscal year ending soon and no budget to fund the government, a potential shutdown is looming. Certain House conservatives are unconcerned, stating that if officials fail to adhere to their promises, a shutdown is acceptable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":2017847,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2017846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"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\/2017846","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\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2017846"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2017846\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2017847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2017846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2017846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2017846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}