{"id":2022408,"date":"2023-09-05T16:04:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T20:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-republicans-going-along-with-democrats-spending-wish-list-are-playing-right-into-bidens-hands\/"},"modified":"2023-09-05T16:06:24","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T20:06:24","slug":"senate-republicans-going-along-with-democrats-spending-wish-list-are-playing-right-into-bidens-hands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-republicans-going-along-with-democrats-spending-wish-list-are-playing-right-into-bidens-hands\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Republicans supporting Democrats&#8217; spending agenda are inadvertently aiding President Biden&#8217;s objectives."},"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\">24<\/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%2Fsenate-republicans-going-along-with-democrats-spending-wish-list-are-playing-right-into-bidens-hands%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=2022408&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 class=\"article-content\">\n<p>A \u2063government\u2063 shutdown is imminent, but Republican messaging on the reason for the spending standoff\u200d is inconsistent thanks to the Senate GOP, which plans to \u200bgreenlight the Biden administration\u2019s cash infusion.<\/p>\n<p>If Democrats get their way, Congress will <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ukraine-russia-invasion-biden-congress-funding-d392f9b1adbb9c44249dce1cccdc2d1e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">send \u2062at least $13 billion taxpayer dollars<\/a> to Ukraine, something a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/08\/04\/politics\/cnn-poll-ukraine\/index.html#:~:text=Overall%2C%2055%25%20say%20the%20US,say%20it%20should%20do%20more.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">majority of \u200cU.S. taxpayers<\/a> \u2064 say they don\u2019t want to do, and spend another estimated <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/government-shutdown-impeachment-congress-funding-048dee639bb0dcb6604f05ba2f0782a8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$27 billion cash<\/a> on unspecified \u201cemergency funding.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-382422339\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-bc1819aadffc306b4c7b3889da25cf30 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-bc1819aadffc306b4c7b3889da25cf30\"><\/div>\n<p>Some GOP members in \u200bthe lower chamber have\u2062 pledged to do everything \u2063they\u200b can to ensure they are not funding a regime that weaponized itself against its own people.<\/p>\n<p>The House Freedom Caucus <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/congress-budget-shutdown-freedom-caucus-mccarthy-8d2d2296cb1680dc1bf945d726da178f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">specifically warned \u200din \u200dAugust<\/a> that its members won\u2019t support a GOP-led \u200bcontinuing resolution unless both chambers agree to cut back Biden administration spending, pass policies and funding to curb the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-humanitarian-crisis-at-the-border-keeps-getting-worse-but-biden-doesnt-care\/\" title=\"The Humanitarian Crisis At The Border Keeps Getting Worse, But Biden Doesn\u2019t Care\">raging border crisis<\/a>, punish the Biden regime for its \u201cunprecedented weaponization of the Justice Department and FBI,\u201d and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-republicans-going-along-with-democrats-spending-wish-list-are-playing-right-into-bidens-hands\/\" title=\"Senate Republicans supporting Democrats' spending agenda are inadvertently aiding President Biden's objectives.\">end \u2064blank check funding<\/a> for Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Speaker of the House Kevin \u2064McCarthy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/politics\/gop-weighs-impeachment-inquiry-as-congress-tries-to-avert-shutdown#:~:text=%E2%80%9CIf%20we%20shut%20down%2C%20all,on%20Fox%20News%20last%20week.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">expressed hesitation<\/a> about their plan because, according to him, a government shutdown means a pause \u200bon \u201cinvestigations and everything else\u201d like Republicans\u2019 impeachment inquiry, which he says \u201churts the American public.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy\u2019s dilemma sounds like \u200da \u200drecipe for disappointment. \u200cHis feelings about the Democrats\u2019 spending plan, \u2063however, are no match for the Senate GOP\u2019s flat refusal to do anything that would benefit its \u2064constituents and unify Republican \u2063messaging.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-b12dac6c8f907919b3ff169766714241 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-b12dac6c8f907919b3ff169766714241\"><\/div>\n<p>The \u2064Senate \u2064GOP has an opportunity to force Democrats\u2019\u2063 hand by using the threat of a government shutdown to pass policies that \u2064would\u200b slow or even stop the Biden\u2062 administration\u2019s destructive streak.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, \u200dRepublican\u2063 leaders in the upper chamber are using their influence to eviscerate House Republicans for daring to oppose the Biden administration\u2019s spending \u200dwish list.<\/p>\n<p>While Democrats\u2019 big-buck desires will be\u200d readily fulfilled if Republicans sign off on their plan, the \u200bGOP is stuck\u2062 trying to sell keeping the\u200d federal government open as the one prize they \u200dcan take from the negotiating table.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe \u2064speaker and the \u2063president reached an agreement, which I supported, in connection \u2062with raising the debt ceiling, to set the spending levels\u2062 for next year,\u201d Senate \u200dMinority Leader Mitch McConnell said in a speech in Kentucky shortly before\u2062 he experienced yet another zoning out episode. \u201cThe House then turned\u2062 around and \u2064passed spending levels that were \u200cbelow that level. \u2026 [T]hat\u2019s not going to be replicated in the Senate.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-6d850f9fa04ba5318f1938cb0fcd4feb fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-6d850f9fa04ba5318f1938cb0fcd4feb\"><\/div>\n<p>McConnell ally Sen. John Cornyn, who is rumored to be in the running to eventually replace the Senate\u2064 GOP Leader, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnCornyn\/status\/1698684649793314843?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">repeated this sentiment<\/a> \u200d on X on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe\u200c federal government will shut down\u200d in less than a month unless a\u2063 funding bill\u200c is \u2063passed by Sept. \u200c30.\u200b That\u2019s only 16\u200d legislative days away (and even fewer for the House) under the current schedule. The House and Senate are in\u200c completely different universes when it comes to how lawmakers \u200dshould \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congress-barrels-toward-debt-ceiling-catastrophe-as-dems-gop-dig-in\/\" title=\"Congress Barrels Toward Debt Ceiling Catastrophe As Dems, GOP Dig In\">fund federal agencies<\/a> \u2063in both the short and\u2062 long term,\u201d\u2064 Cornyn wrote.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>The Senate GOP\u2019s staunch refusal to\u200c force a Democrat \u2063reconciliation \u200cwith \u2064crises created \u2062by their \u200dpresident and his\u200b administration means Republicans are playing right\u2062 into \u200dDemocrats\u2019 hands.<\/p>\n<p>Senate \u2063Majority Leader Chuck Schumer\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/f\/?id=0000018a-4ed9-d0b1-a7eb-4ed98dd40000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">admitted as much<\/a> in a Sept. 1 letter to his Democrat colleagues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe cannot afford the brinkmanship or hostage-taking \u2063we saw from\u200b House Republicans \u2063earlier this\u2063 year when they pushed our\u200b country to the brink of default to appease the most extreme<br \/>members\u200d of their party,\u201d he\u2064 wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Schumer claimed the \u201conly way\u200b to avoid a shutdown is \u2063through bipartisanship,\u201d aka with the cooperation\u200b of\u2064 spineless\u200b Senate Republicans. His hope is\u2063 that\u200b the House GOP \u200dwill simply cave to upper chamber\u2062 pressure and \u201cfollow the Senate\u2019s lead and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawmakers-return-to-capitol-hill-with-ticking-clock-and-hefty-to-do-list\/\" title=\"Lawmakers rush back to Capitol Hill with limited time and extensive agenda.\">pass bipartisan appropriations bills<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The White \u2063House <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/government-shutdown-impeachment-congress-funding-048dee639bb0dcb6604f05ba2f0782a8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">similarly signaled<\/a> \u200bthat the\u2062 Senate\u200b GOP\u2019s cooperation means a government shutdown could be blamed on \u201cextreme House members.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe last thing the American people deserve\u2062 is for extreme House members to trigger\u2063 a \u200bgovernment shutdown that hurts our economy, undermines our disaster preparedness, and forces our troops to work without guaranteed pay,\u201d White House \u2063spokesman Andrew Bates \u200dsaid in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Nothing\u2062 would make the MAGA-hating coalition of McConnell-esque\u2063 Republicans more happy \u2064than to see \u2063their House\u2064 colleagues shoulder the blame for the shutdown while they fulfill their Ukraine funding fantasies.<\/p>\n<p>Senate GOP leaders \u200bhave already\u2064 proven they are more than willing to sacrifice their voters to stay in Democrats\u2019 good graces. Their track record \u200csuggests they \u2063are merely Democrats\u2019 managed opposition instead of true opponents of the radical left.<\/p>\n<p>In just the last two years, GOP senators joined forces to <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/08\/30\/yes-mitch-mcconnell-would-rather-lose-the-senate-than-his-leadership-status\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">throw Republican Senate races<\/a>, join <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/06\/14\/mcconnell-his-10-gop-pushovers-and-any-others-who-attack-the-second-amendment-cant-be-in-leadership\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Democrat-led attacks on \u2064the Second Amendment<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/07\/12\/mcconnell-thune-join-bad-faith-dogpile-on-tuberville-for-fighting-militarys-taxpayer-funded-abortion-racket\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dogpile<\/a> \u200d their colleague for fighting the Biden administration\u2019s taxpayer-funded abortion \u2064for all agenda, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/04\/19\/after-fbi-raids-republicans-last-president-mitch-mcconnell-wants-to-increase-doj-funding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">continue funding<\/a> the federal agencies \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/08\/09\/these-top-gop-senators-still-havent-condemned-democrats-banana-republic-fbi-raid-on-donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">persecuting Americans including the leader of \u2064their party<\/a>,\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/08\/01\/on-biden-corruption-bombshells-gop-senate-leadership-is-indefensibly-silent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">do\u2063 nothing<\/a> about bombshell evidence of Biden family corruption, and refuse\u2063 to \u200ccondemn Democrats\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/08\/02\/mcconnell-and-his-gop-senate-drones-are-silent-on-trump-indictment-again\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2024 election rigging indictment \u200dscheme<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If \u2064House and Senate Republicans don\u2019t \u200btake action now, they risk \u200denabling \u2062the Biden administration\u2019s attacks on its country, \u200bcitizens, and the\u2063 Constitution. Unfortunately, the Republicans \u200crunning the GOP side of\u200b the \u2064Senate don\u2019t care.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-412c22cc780332edc26221e0d3f5e817 fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-412c22cc780332edc26221e0d3f5e817\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">    \t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A government shutdown looms as Senate GOP&#8217;s inconsistent messaging on the spending standoff hampers Republican efforts. They intend to approve the Biden administration&#8217;s cash infusion, causing confusion. Democrats aim to send $13 billion taxpayer dollars to Ukraine, a move opposed by a majority of U.S. taxpayers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":490,"featured_media":2022409,"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":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2022408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"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\/2022408","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\/490"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2022408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2022408\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2022409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2022408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2022408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2022408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}