{"id":2381869,"date":"2024-12-19T11:37:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T16:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newt-gingrich-calls-on-congress-gop-to-heed-serious-warnings-on-spending-bill-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-12-19T11:38:39","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T16:38:39","slug":"newt-gingrich-calls-on-congress-gop-to-heed-serious-warnings-on-spending-bill-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newt-gingrich-calls-on-congress-gop-to-heed-serious-warnings-on-spending-bill-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Newt Gingrich calls on Congress GOP to heed \u2018serious\u2019 warnings on spending bill &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">32<\/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%2Fnewt-gingrich-calls-on-congress-gop-to-heed-serious-warnings-on-spending-bill-washington-examiner%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=2381869&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--><p>Former house Speaker Newt Gingrich has urged congressional Republicans \u200cto take the warnings about a new spending bill \u2064seriously. \u2062He is among many prominent figures challenging House \u2062Speaker \u2064Mike Johnson&#8217;s approach. Gingrich emphasizes that Republicans should prevent\u2062 Democrats from contributing to the bill and should have the resolve to shut down\u2062 the government\u2064 if necessary, citing past government shutdowns during his tenure in the late 1990s. He pointed\u200d out that\u200b the \u2063House has not balanced the budget since 1997,calling\u200d on Republicans to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">avoid making poor decisions<\/a>. Gingrich hopes that\u200c legislators will heed the warnings from influential voices like President Trump and others regarding the spending bill, \u200dwhich he describes as misguided. He proposed \u200dthat house Republicans\u2063 could pass \u200ca &#8220;very tight&#8221; \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congress-faces-an-absolutely-brutal-september-filled-with-high-stakes-deadlines\/\" title=\"Congress Faces An Absolutely Brutal September Filled With High-Stakes Deadlines\">continuing resolution<\/a> as a solution\u2062 to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-government-on-unsustainable-fiscal-path-that-is-jeopardizing-the-country-congressional-watchdog-says\/\" title=\"Congressional watchdog warns that the federal government is on an unsustainable fiscal path, posing a threat to the nation\">current fiscal challenges<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Newt Gingrich calls on Congress GOP to heed &lsquo;serious&rsquo; warnings on spending bill<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1915758\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former House Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/newt-gingrich\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Newt Gingrich<\/a> issued a call for congressional Republicans to seriously heed the warnings against the new spending bill, joining the growing number of notable voices speaking out against House Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-johnson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Mike Johnson<\/a> (R-LA).<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Gingrich explained that in addition to prohibiting Democrats from helping write the spending bill, House Republicans must be willing to close the government, citing how the government shut down &ldquo;several times&rdquo; when he was House speaker in the late 1990s. <a href=\"https:\/\/clintonwhitehouse5.archives.gov\/WH\/Work\/073197.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">The House has been unable to balance the budget since 1997<\/a>, which Gingrich argued would not have been achieved if Republicans did not have &ldquo;the guts&rdquo; to refuse to &ldquo;do dumb things,&rdquo; taking then-President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/bill-clinton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Bill Clinton<\/a> and the country by surprise.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But the country thought, &lsquo;You know, it&rsquo;s good not to do dumb things,&rsquo;&rdquo; Gingrich said on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>Jesse Watters Primetime<\/em>. &ldquo;So, I would hope that Republicans in the House and Senate will take seriously the warnings of President Trump and of Vivek Ramaswamy and of Elon Musk. Look at the bill. Realize this bill is stupid!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2732002&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=81eb7b39eb1b2ce825653fdfe0021cf3\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>To remedy the current dilemma, Gingrich contended that House Republicans could come together and pass a &ldquo;very tight&rdquo; continuing resolution bill, which could pass even with the party&rsquo;s razor-thin majority within the House.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Another solution pitched by Gingrich would be to have Johnson gather President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a>, Vice President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jd-vance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">J.D. Vance<\/a>, and the Department of Government Efficiency co-heads, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elon-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Elon Musk<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/vivek-ramaswamy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Vivek Ramaswamy<\/a>, as well as all House Republicans to do an &ldquo;all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-att-exec-testifies-as-madigan-corruption-trial-enters-new-phase-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Former AT&amp;T exec testifies as Madigan corruption trial enters new phase - Washington Examiner\">day long&#038;rdquo<\/a>; meeting to get them all to agree on a &ldquo;dramatically thinned-down&rdquo; bill, compared to the 1,547-page spending bill Johnson originally proposed. If this is not possible, Gingrich explained, the House ought to pass a simple continuing resolution with &ldquo;nothing on it&rdquo; to keep the government open until Republicans regain the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>Despite his criticism of Johnson and the current House GOP, Gingrich stressed that he is &ldquo;very pro-Johnson&rdquo; and that he cannot imagine the stress the speaker goes through with the incredibly thin majority he has to work with in Congress.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elliskkim\/status\/1869540796900552943?s=51&amp;t=oYTIYwEqmPpaQCOEPM8xZA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">told<\/a> reporters Wednesday night that the government funding legislation deal was pulled from consideration and that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3264695\/scalise-spending-deal-dead-mass-gop-revolt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">lawmakers are &ldquo;looking at a number of options&rdquo; as a path forward<\/a> after Musk, Ramaswamy, and Trump all voiced their opposition to it on social media.<\/p>\n<p>Amid the increasing resistance that Johnson is facing for his performance as House speaker, as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3265102\/three-candidates-could-replace-mike-johnson-speaker-hits-roadblock-failed-cr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">speculation over who could replace him come January<\/a>, House Oversight Committee Chairman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/james-comer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">James Comer<\/a> (R-KY) indicated that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3264290\/james-comer-predicts-in-party-resistance-not-affect-mike-johnson-position\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Johnson will likely retain his position as speaker<\/a>, citing how he seems to have the backing of Trump. He also suggested that many Republicans do not want to go through the process of electing a new House speaker &ldquo;again,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.house.gov\/feature-stories\/2023-10-25-new-speaker-of-the-house\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">referring to how Johnson was elected<\/a> after former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was ousted in October 2023.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1915758\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1915758\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gingrich urges GOP to take spending bill warnings seriously<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2381870,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gingrich-and-Johnson.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4402,6203,35409,32464,4068],"class_list":["post-2381869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-congress","tag-gop","tag-newt-gingrich","tag-spending-bill","tag-warnings"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gingrich-and-Johnson.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2381869","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\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2381869"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2381869\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2381873,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2381869\/revisions\/2381873"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2381870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2381869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2381869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2381869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}