Once again, Congress is planning to fund too many of the
priorities of President Barack Obama, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, and
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. The
vote is scheduled to take place this Friday, December 18, in the House of
Representatives.
The federal government will be funded by an "omnibus
bill," a multi-thousand-page bill that funds every federal department,
agency, and function. Traditionally, in addition to standard operating expenses
of the federal government, this bill is packed with Washington favors for
lobbyists and liberal interest groups. Unfortunately, this bill, despite its
size and impact, tends to be considered by both houses of Congress without any
ability for the rank-and-file Member of Congress to amend the bill. But it does
not have to be this way.
One of the most important powers of Congress is the
"power of the purse"-the power to determine the details of federal
spending. The power of the purse gives Congress the power to send bills to the
president that spend money on the items Congress wants and that does not spend
money on items Congress does not want.
There are many things in the omnibus that conservatives
should insist stop being funded by the federal government including:
* Obamacare
* Syrian refugee resettlement
* Planned Parenthood
* Implementation of the Iran nuclear deal
* President Obama's executive amnesty
* Sanctuary cities
* Waters of the U.S.
* Any part of the upcoming Paris Protocol
Additionally, bills should go through regular order, and
every Member of Congress and the public should have a minimum of 72 hours to
review the final bill. If this means that Congress must spend additional time
working on this bill, then that's what should be done. The American people
deserve no less.
It is important that Republicans fight early, hard, and in a
sustained manner for conservative policy priorities, the ones on which
Republicans ran and won in 2014 and previously.
We urge Members of Congress to fight for conservative
priorities, to fight for a return to regular order and end the way of the
“omnibus bill” and to vote no on the 2016 Omnibus bill.
Sincerely, Penny Nance Chief Executive Officer and President,
Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee
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The
reason for this is that all Democrats are Liberal and 75% of Republicans are
Liberal. They are actually Democrats who
ran as Republicans and won seats in the US House and Senate. This won’t change until we run off at least
100 Liberals and replace them with Conservatives who will cut non-essential
federal spending. Time is running out.
Norb Leahy,
Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader
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