{"id":2203731,"date":"2024-03-21T19:39:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T23:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-blasts-funding-increase-for-impeached-mayorkas-tucked-in-spending-deal\/"},"modified":"2024-03-21T19:42:07","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T23:42:07","slug":"gop-blasts-funding-increase-for-impeached-mayorkas-tucked-in-spending-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-blasts-funding-increase-for-impeached-mayorkas-tucked-in-spending-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans criticize the budget hike for impeached Mayorkas hidden in spending package"},"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%2Fgop-blasts-funding-increase-for-impeached-mayorkas-tucked-in-spending-deal%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=2203731&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>A House \u200dRepublican&#8217;s Critique of the Bipartisan \u200cSpending Deal<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>    A\u200d House Republican\u200d called out the \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccarthy-a-hell-no-on-omnibus-spending-bill-as-congress-races-to-avert-december-16-government-shutdown\/\" title=\"McCarthy a \"Hell No\" on Omnibus Spending Bill as Congress Races to Avert December 16 Government Shutdown\">bipartisan spending deal<\/a> that would give\u200b Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas&#8217;s office a generous \u2062$27 million funding increase, despite the recent impeachment vote against him.\n  <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>The Irony Unveiled \u2064by Rep. Andy Ogles<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>    \u200b   Rep. \u200dAndy\u2064 Ogles (R-TN) highlighted the ironic situation Republicans find themselves in by planning \u2062to allocate $363 million \u200bto Mayorkas&#8217;s office for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-unveils-massive-infrastructure-plan-calls-it-once-in-a-generation-investment\/\" title=\"Biden Unveils Massive Infrastructure Plan, Calls It \u2018Once-In-A-Generation Investment\u2019\">upcoming year<\/a>, up from $336 million in the previous year.<br \/>\n \u2062\n  <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\n  <strong>\u201cFeb 2024, Republicans: \u2018Let\u2019s impeach Mayorkas!\u2019 March 2024, Republicans:\u2063 \u2018Let\u2019s give Mayorkas\u2019 office\u200c an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/perfect-storm-in-minnesota-labor-market-is-worrying-harbinger-for-the-fed\/\" title=\"Perfect storm in Minnesota labor market is worrying harbinger for the Fed\">8% pay increase<\/a>!\u2019\u201d<\/strong> Ogles shared in a post.\n<\/p>\n<p>  As \u2063a \u200cSenate-confirmed department secretary, Mayorkas receives a\u200b fixed pay of $246,400 for fiscal\u200c 2024, matching other Cabinet\u2063 secretaries&#8217; salaries.\n<\/p>\n<p>  \u200b The \u200c$27 million increase in funding for the \u2064DHS\u2063 secretary\u2019s office\u200d will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arizona-ag-brnovich-calls-on-gov-ducey-to-take-three-actions-to-address-border-crisis\/\" title=\"Arizona AG Brnovich Calls On Gov. Ducey To Take Three Actions To Address Border Crisis\">provide additional resources<\/a>\u2064 for\u200b operational \u2064expenses.\n<\/p>\n<p>  However, the bill does not provide \u200ca detailed breakdown of how the \u2063$363 million will be utilized\u2062 except for \u200dbeing designated for\u200b the \u201cDHS Office\u2064 of the \u2063Secretary and Executive Management,\u201d as per a spokesman \u200cfor Ogles.\n<\/p>\n<p>  \u2062 The DHS\u200d has not responded to requests for comment on the matter.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <strong>Click here<\/strong> to explore more detailed coverage from the Washington Examiner.\n<\/p>\n<p>  \u200cA vote\u2062 on the DHS funding bill,\u200b part of a \u201cminibus\u201d package comprising six appropriations bills, is set for Friday. The House&#8217;s approval relies on two-thirds of members supporting the deal, necessitating\u2064 Democratic\u200d and\u2064 Republican backing.\n<\/p>\n<p>  Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) expressed to the Washington Examiner on Thursday\u200d his refusal\u2062 to endorse the plan due to the absence \u2062of\u2064 policy\u200d reforms to counter the influx of illegal immigrants from Mexico.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A House Republican criticized the bipartisan spending deal proposing a $27 million increase in funding for Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas despite the recent impeachment vote. Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) highlighted the irony of Republicans supporting this move on Thursday<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2655,"featured_media":2203732,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP24081738583964-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2203731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP24081738583964-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2203731","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\/2655"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2203731"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2203731\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2203732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2203731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2203731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2203731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}