Spending Bill Falls Apart After Trump Objects

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) was backed into a corner with a massive spending bill that had gone through the Senate and was sitting on his desk.

Johnson seemed resigned to passing the legislation, but then Trump spoke up.

When Trump said he was completely against it, the rails started to come off.

Against It

As usual, Democrats are trying to force a massive spending bill through Congress in the waning days of the session and just before the government shutdown looms.

The bill is packed with excessive spending, and in the last report, it was something like 1,200 or more pages.

Point being, by the time this bill would hit the floor and the deadline for passing it, there is simply no way members could read this and digest everything that is in it.

Johnson was ready to put this bill on the floor, needing only minimal support from Republicans because Democrats were frothing at the mouth to pass it before Biden left office.

Then Donald Trump spoke up, releasing a joint statement with JD Vance, which stated, “The most foolish and inept thing ever done by Congressional Republicans was allowing our country to hit the debt ceiling in 2025. It was a mistake and is now something that must be addressed.

“Meanwhile, Congress is considering a spending bill that would give sweetheart provisions for government censors and for Liz Cheney.

“The bill would make it easier to hide the records of the corrupt January 6 committee — which accomplished nothing for the American people and hid security failures that happened that day. The bill would also give Congress a pay increase while many Americans are struggling this Christmas.”

You see, this is the stuff that Democrats don’t mention when they rail against Republicans and Trump for wanting the legislation blocked.

The statement continued, “Increasing the debt ceiling is not great but we’d rather do it on Biden’s watch.

“If Democrats won’t cooperate on the debt ceiling now, what makes anyone think they would do it in June during our administration? Let’s have this debate now. And we should pass a streamlined spending bill that doesn’t give Chuck Schumer and the Democrats everything they want.”

I agree with Trump, as I have been speaking out against omnibus legislation for years, probably more than a decade now, because of all the little hidden goodies they include that we find out about sometimes years after the legislation passes.

I have even heard politicians on both sides admit they pass these spending bills due to the deadlines and never really read everything that is in them.

These people are literally admitting they are passing legislation they have not even read, and that needs to stop.

Single-issue legislation… you find a way to pass it with bipartisan cooperation or it does not get passed. It’s as simple as that.