House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi called the spending bill Republicans rushed through Congress a "victory," The American Mirror reported.
"The distinguished leader has clearly put forth many of the priorities that we're very proud of in a bill that's one yard high," Pelosi said about House Speaker Paul Ryan at a joint press conference with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Thursday.
Congress approved the $1.3 trillion budget and President Donald Trump signed the bill into law on Friday. Though the budget did not include funding for the border wall with Mexico or address the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, Trump said he signed the legislation "as a matter of national security."
Pelosi maintained Republicans rushed the bill through Congress because they didn't want their fellow GOP colleagues to know what was in it. Lawmakers avoided a government shutdown by passing the new spending package before a Friday deadline.
"I think one of the reasons they rushed it through – posting it last night, taking it to rolls on the floor today, not honoring the three-day rule – they didn't want their Republican colleagues to see just what exactly was in the bill," Pelosi said. "Because this bill was a victory for investment in our future … supporting our middle class and doing so in a way that was producing good-paying jobs.
"It's one yard high," Pelosi repeated, referring to the documents that make up the legislation. "About half of it is the bill, a quarter of it is earmarks, and another quarter are report language."
Pelosi said the bill had an increase in military spending, but that it was matched with spending on domestic issues.
"The debate we had on the caps was a very successful one where we said the increase in defense had to be matched by an increase in domestic spending," she explained.
"We support our men and women in uniform to have what they need to protect our country and to protect themselves at the same time, but in a domestic budget one third of it is security – homeland security, Department of Defense, Veterans Affairs, anti-terrorism activities of the Justice Department," she added.
A number of Republican lawmakers were critical of the bill.
"Shame, shame," Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky tweeted. "A pox on both Houses – and parties. $1.3 trillion. Busts budget caps. Two thousand two hundred pages, with just hours to try to read it."
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, said it "may be the worst bill I have seen in my time in Congress and the worst bill our leadership has ever allowed to come to the floor."
However, House Speaker Paul Ryan said the bill was a "victory" because of "what we're doing for our soldiers, our sailors, our airmen, our marines and our veterans."
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