Last year, as part of their ‘Pledge To America,‘ Republicans promised to downsize Freddie/Fannie. They also promised to end the practice of minibus bills. Today, they violated both pledges. Yes, we know that mantra; it’s a minibus bill; not an omnibus. But the reality is that House Republicans never had an opportunity to vote and amend two-thirds of the bill.
Fortunately, more and more members are hearing the voice of the grassroots. Even though the ‘don’t call it an Omnibus’ bill passed 298-121, it was opposed by 101 Republicans, and only passed with the help of Democrats. In the Senate, Jim DeMint and David Vitter have already blocked Harry Reid from passing a second minibus bill. So what is the response of the political appropriations establishment?
This, from CQ:
With the apparent collapse of the Senate leadership strategy of packaging overdue spending bills in small bundles, the top House appropriator is preparing to wrap the remaining bills into a single measure.Indeed they will opt for an omnibus after all. And in the process, they will throw their 2010 campaign pledge under the bus.
During a meeting of the Rules Committee on Wednesday, Appropriations Chairman Harold Rogers, R-Ky., outlined his plan for an omnibus package including nine of the regular spending bills for the fiscal year that began Oct. 1.
Congress “will have to put together a rest of the bus,” Rogers said.
Update: Thank you to the 101 House Republicans and 30 Senators who voted to uphold the pledge:
House
- Adams, S. (FL-24)
- Akin (MO-02)
- Amash (MI-03)
- Amodei (NV-02)
- Austria (OH-07)
- Bartlett, R. (MD-06)
- Barton, J. (TX-06)
- Blackburn, M. (TN-07)
- Boustany (LA-07)
- Brady, K. (TX-08)
- Brooks (AL-05)
- Broun (GA-10)
- Bucshon (IN-08)
- Buerkle (NY-25)
- Burgess (TX-26)
- Burton, D. (IN-05)
- Canseco (TX-23)
- Chabot (OH-01)
- Chaffetz (UT-03)
- Coffman (CO-06)
- DesJarlais (TN-04)
- Duffy (WI-07)
- Duncan, Jeff (SC-03)
- Duncan, John (TN-02)
- Farenthold (TX-27)
- Fincher (TN-08)
- Flake (AZ-06)
- Fleischmann (TN-03)
- Fleming (LA-04)
- Foxx (NC-05)
- Franks, T. (AZ-02)
- Garrett (NJ-05)
- Gingrey (GA-11)
- Gohmert (TX-01)
- Gowdy (SC-04)
- Graves, T. (GA-09)
- Griffith (VA-09)
- Guinta (NH-01)
- Harris (MD-01)
- Hensarling (TX-05)
- Herger (CA-02)
- Herrera Beutler (WA-03)
- Huelskamp (KS-01)
- Huizenga (MI-02)
- Hultgren (IL-14)
- Hurt (VA-05)
- Jenkins (KS-02)
- Johnson, Timothy (IL-15)
- Jones (NC-03)
- Jordan (OH-04)
- King, S. (IA-05)
- Kinzinger (IL-11)
- Labrador (ID-01)
- Lamborn (CO-05)
- Landry, J. (LA-03)
- Lankford (OK-05)
- Lummis (WY-AL)
- Mack (FL-14)
- Marchant (TX-24)
- McClintock (CA-04)
- McCotter (MI-11)
- McHenry (NC-10)
- Miller, C. (MI-10)
- Miller, J. (FL-01)
- Mulvaney (SC-05)
- Murphy, T. (PA-18)
- Myrick (NC-09)
- Neugebauer (TX-19)
- Noem (SD-AL)
- Nugent (FL-05)
- Paulsen (MN-03)
- Pearce (NM-02)
- Pence (IN-06)
- Petri (WI-06)
- Poe (TX-02)
- Pompeo (KS-04)
- Posey (FL-15)
- Price, T. (GA-06)
- Quayle (AZ-03)
- Reed, T. (NY-29)
- Ribble (WI-08)
- Rigell (VA-02)
- Ross, D. (FL-12)
- Royce (CA-40)
- Ryan, P. (WI-01)
- Schmidt (OH-02)
- Schweikert (AZ-05)
- Scott, A. (GA-08)
- Scott, T. (SC-01)
- Sensenbrenner (WI-05)
- Southerland (FL-02)
- Stearns (FL-06)
- Stutzman (IN-03)
- Sullivan (OK-01)
- Terry (NE-02)
- Tipton (CO-03)
- Walberg (MI-07)
- Walsh (IL-08)
- Westmoreland, L. (GA-03)
- Wilson, J. (SC-02)
- Young, T. (IN-09)
- Ayotte (NH)
- Barrasso (WY)
- Burr (NC)
- Chambliss (GA)
- Coats (IN)
- Coburn (OK)
- Corker (TN)
- Cornyn (TX)
- Crapo (ID)
- DeMint (SC)
- Enzi (WY)
- Grassley (IA)
- Hatch (UT)
- Heller (NV)
- Inhofe (OK)
- Isakson (GA)
- Johnson, R. (WI)
- Kirk (IL)
- Lee, M. (UT)
- Lugar (IN)
- McCain (AZ)
- Paul, Rand (KY)
- Portman (OH)
- Risch (ID)
- Rubio (FL)
- Sessions, J. (AL)
- Shelby (AL)
- Thune (SD)
- Toomey (PA)
- Vitter (LA)
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