We Didn't Vote for the Sabotage That Is 'Business as Usual'

Every Republican voter should have been furious this week.

Americans voted for change on Nov. 5, and instead we got more of the same.

In the Eleventh Hour, U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., introduced a 1,547-page continuing resolution (CR) to keep government running until President Trump gets settled into office.

But it did much more than that.

To mention just a few examples, the bill would have:

• Funded censorship of conservative outlets by extending the Global Engagement Center.
• Exempted members of Congress from enrolling in Obamacare.
• Given members of Congress a pay raise.
• Given legal protections to members of the Jan. 6 Committee who hid or destroyed records.
• Extended the farm bill for another year at $130 billion, provided $100 billion in disaster relief, and provided $10 billion in stimulus funds for farmers, all with no direction on how the funds should have been spent.

That prompted Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., to remark, "The Swamp is using farmers and victims of natural disasters as pawns to fund an over-bloated pet project-filled disaster."

Businessman and Department Of Government Efficiency co-director Vivek Ramaswamy observed that overall, "The proposal adds at least 65 cents of new spending for every dollar of continued discretionary spending."

But The Babylon Bee, a satirical "news" site with the motto, "Fake News You Can Trust," may have described the bill most accurately. Their headline said, "Congress Warns Failure To Pass Spending Bill Might Delay Destruction Of The Country."

The initial 1,547-page CR failed and was quickly replaced with one less than one-tenth in size — 116 pages. But that one failed also, despite the endorsement of President-elect Donald Trump.

It failed to receive the two-thirds vote required to get past the "72-Hour rule," in which lawmakers are given three days to review a new bill.

When the dust had settled, 35 Republicans voted no, and 13 didn’t vote, while 231 Democrats voted no, and there were 25 who didn’t vote.

Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, told Newsmax host Rob Schmitt shortly after the vote that the new version had its own problems.

It included billions in wasteful spending and would have increases the debt ceiling by $5 trillion in two years.

Meanwhile, the current administration is trying its best to sabotage the incoming one by spending money like a drunken sailor, selling off uninstalled sections of the southern border wall for pennies on the dollar, and making it easier for even more illegals to enter the country.

We don’t need Congress — especially Republican members of Congress — to help Biden sabotage the incoming administration’s goals, which include stripping down the federal government’s size, along with eliminating fraud, waste, and abuse.

GOP leadership may be learning.

Politico reported that they’re considering breaking the spending bill down into individual pieces of legislation instead of an all-in-one omnibus bill, beginning with a clean continuing resolution with no add-ons.

That’s the way it should always be, so maybe they’re learning.

Exactly one month from today, Republicans will control the White House and both chambers of Congress.

The GOP can only reliably count on having this advantage for the next two years.

"Business as usual" is no way to start out.

Michael Dorstewitz is a retired lawyer and has been a frequent contributor to Newsmax. He is also a former U.S. Merchant Marine officer and a Second Amendment supporter. Read Michael Dorstewitz's Reports — More Here.