{"id":2403197,"date":"2025-02-16T16:00:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-16T21:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lisa-mcclain-says-budget-chaos-is-the-beauty-of-democracy-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-02-16T16:01:26","modified_gmt":"2025-02-16T21:01:26","slug":"lisa-mcclain-says-budget-chaos-is-the-beauty-of-democracy-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lisa-mcclain-says-budget-chaos-is-the-beauty-of-democracy-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Lisa McClain says budget chaos is &#8216;the beauty of democracy&#8217; &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Flisa-mcclain-says-budget-chaos-is-the-beauty-of-democracy-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=2403197&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>Rep. Lisa McClain (R-MI) expressed confidence \u200dthat \u2062Congress will\u200b reach an agreement on federal spending, minimizing concerns over a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-calls-on-congress-to-move-forward-on-raising-debt-ceiling\/\" title=\"Biden Calls On ... To \u2018Move Forward\u2019 On Raising Debt Ceiling\">potential <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/goya-ceo-if-we-shut-down-this-economy-its-the-beginning-of-the-end\/\" title=\"Goya CEO: If We Shut Down This Economy, It\u2019s The \u201cBeginning Of The End\u201d\">government shutdown<\/a><\/a>.\u2064 Speaking\u200b on\u2063 Fox news, she explained that passing a \u2063budget \u2063reconciliation bill is essential for enabling further\u200b negotiations in \u2064committees, \u2064which will address various priorities of the representatives. McClain emphasized that\u200d the process reflects the essence of democracy, as\u2063 lawmakers advocate for the interests of their districts. The deadline for this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-to-expect-when-the-senate-returns-in-2025-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"What to expect when the Senate returns in 2025 - Washington Examiner\">budget \u200creconciliation<\/a> is March \u206314, and although some\u2063 Democratic lawmakers \u200cmay oppose the bill, McClain believes House Republicans will successfully\u2063 advance \u2063their agenda to benefit the \u200bAmerican people. She \u2063noted that the\u200b current \u2062slim Republican majority requires them to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">navigate\u200c internal disagreements<\/a> on spending and tax priorities among their ranks.  <\/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\">Lisa McClain says budget chaos is &lsquo;the beauty of democracy&rsquo;<\/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_1994517\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Rep. Lisa McClain (R-MI) dismissed any concerns that Congress will not be able to agree on <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/budget-reconciliation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">federal spending<\/a>, and thus spark a <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/government-shutdown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">government shutdown<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>A budget reconciliation bill must be passed in Congress by March 14, which is the deadline stemming from the last continuing resolution. This comes as there are&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3315243\/mike-johnson-flailing-democratic-lawmakers-threatening-cr-fight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rumblings<\/a>&nbsp;that Democratic lawmakers will hold out on voting in the Republican&rsquo;s favor to fund the government and prompt a government shutdown.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3292730\/all-executive-orders-actions-trump-first-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FULL LIST OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS, ACTIONS, AND PROCLAMATIONS TRUMP HAS MADE AS PRESIDENT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What the budget resolution&nbsp;does is merely unlock the&nbsp;ability for us to go into&nbsp;committees to do budget&nbsp;reconciliation, to make&nbsp;transformational change like the&nbsp;president talked about and&nbsp;implement his full agenda. I&rsquo;m confident that House&nbsp;Republicans will carry through&nbsp;on that agenda &mdash; not only for the&nbsp;president but for the American&nbsp;people as well,&rdquo; McClain said on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>Sunday Morning Futures<\/em>.<\/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=2803488&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=10455&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=55942c34812e23a5025174bbb92030f1\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;Are you worried that some&nbsp;of your members will not vote on&nbsp;a budget reconciliation big,&nbsp;beautiful bill without their&nbsp;priorities in terms of&nbsp;[state and local taxes]?&nbsp;You&rsquo;ve got some members who want&nbsp;the SALT deduction raised,&nbsp;you&rsquo;ve got other members who are digging in&nbsp;on coming up with offsets and&nbsp;spending cuts,&rdquo; host Maria Bartiromo asked. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s the beauty of&nbsp;democracy.&nbsp;That&rsquo;s why we&rsquo;re going to go&nbsp;into committees, we&rsquo;re going to&nbsp;hash these priorities out,&rdquo; McClain said. &ldquo;And that&rsquo;s exactly what the&nbsp;representatives are supposed to&nbsp;do &mdash; is fight for their districts&nbsp;and fight for their priorities&nbsp;to get to a better place for the&nbsp;American people.&nbsp;And that&rsquo;s exactly what we&rsquo;re&nbsp;doing.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Speaker of the House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-johnson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Mike Johnson<\/a>&rsquo;s (R-LA) last continuing resolution was supported by all Democratic lawmakers. Still, 34 House Republicans and&nbsp;11&nbsp;senators voted against the legislation.<\/p>\n<p>Republican lawmakers have a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mitch-mcconnells-betrayal-hurts-the-nation-goodwin\/\" title=\"Mitch McConnell\u2019s betrayal hurts the nation\">slim majority<\/a> in the House with 218 versus 215 Democratic lawmakers. President Donald Trump has poached former Rep. Mike Waltz to be his national security advisor and Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) to be his U.N. ambassador, which makes the majority even slimmer. As a result, Stefanik hasn&rsquo;t been confirmed as Congress waits to vote on the federal budget.<\/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_1994517\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1994517\"}});<\/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>Lisa McClain views budget chaos as &#8216;the beauty of democracy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2403198,"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\/2025\/01\/Lisa-McClain-scaled-1024x685.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[50473,5521,49277,32171,32076],"class_list":["post-2403197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-budget-chaos","tag-democracy","tag-lisa-mcclain","tag-political-commentary","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Lisa-McClain-scaled-1024x685.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2403197","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\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2403197"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2403197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2403201,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2403197\/revisions\/2403201"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2403198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2403197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2403197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2403197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}