JD Vance tore into Democrats after they almost unanimously voted against the government funding bill dubbed the American Relief Act of 2024, which President Trump endorsed Thursday.
The bill came to the floor after a disastrous 1,547-page continuing resolution was rejected by the MAGA base, and House Speaker Mike Johnson was called out for negotiating an America Last funding bill.
As The Gateway Pundit reported, President Trump endorsed the new government funding bill, saying it’s “VITAL to the America First Agenda,” and called on all members of Congress to vote in favor.
However, 38 Republicans voted in opposition Thursday night.
BREAKING: House Votes Against Trump-Endorsed Government Funding Bill as Shutdown Looms
Many of the Republicans who came out in opposition to the bill had reasonable explanations for their votes, expressing concern over continued spending at Biden levels and its removal of the debt ceiling for two years. “As of today, we’re spending a $2.23 trillion rate. That is not sustainable, and we will end up collapsing the entire country as a result of this spending,” Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL) told The Gateway Pundit in an exclusive interview after he voted no on the CR. “We need to get President Trump’s agenda to succeed, and we need to do that responsibly.”
President Trump, however, sought to rally Republican lawmakers, emphasizing the long-term benefits of the plan. In a Truth Social post Thursday evening, he promised significant spending cuts through reconciliation next year, stating, “The United States will cut Hundreds of Billions of Dollars in spending next year through Reconciliation!”
Meanwhile, all but two Democrats voted against the bill, claiming that “President Musk” forced them to scrap the old CR and arguing that “The bill that is before us today is just part of an effort to shut down the government.” However, the bill would have continued funding the government as well as disaster relief, the military, and farmers. Unlike Republicans, the Democrats didn’t have any concerns about government spending and instead just pushed bogus excuses to justify their partisan opposition to Trump-backed CR.
They were likely just unhappy they weren’t going to get the 40% salary increase that was in the earlier bill.
As The Gateway Pundit reported, the disastrous CR Congress almost approved on Wednesday included,
- A $69,000 annual pay increase for members of Congress, bringing their salaries to $243,000.
- $900 million earmarked for a new football stadium in Washington, D.C.
- Provisions to fund 12 new biolabs
- 72 pages of “Pandemic Preparedness and Response” policy
- Renewal of the embattled Global Engagement Center (GEC), accused of coordinating censorship campaigns under the guise of combating misinformation.
The government funding deadline is Friday at 11:59 pm. The House will reconvene Friday to pass a bill to keep the government open.
JD Vance highlighted the Global Engagement Center renewal, saying the Democrats “would rather shut down the government and fight for global censorship bullsh*t.” He further called the Democrats out for their partisan actions, adding, “They didn’t want to give the President negotiating leverage during the first year of his first term.”
WATCH:
Vance: Look, I’ll say one thing: The Democrats just voted to shut down the government even though we had a clean CR because they didn’t want to give the President negotiating leverage during the first year of his first term. And number two, because they would rather shut down the government and fight for global censorship bullsh*t. They’ve asked for a shutdown, and I think that’s exactly what they’re going to get.
