Republicans are bristling at Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) over the 1,547-page spending deal released mere days ahead of the deadline, full of pork and disappointment.
The continuing resolution (CR) released Tuesday night — negotiated on the GOP side by Johnson — includes tens of billions of dollars in waste and includes funding for controversial items, including a pay raise for members of Congress as well as a one-year extension of the State Department’s Global Engagement Center (GEC), which funds organizations that censor conservative media including Breitbart News.
Many conservative members of Congress are shocked at what they are finding in the monstrosity.
“I’ve been informed that @SpeakerJohnson blocked RECA reauthorization from being included in the CR,” Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) said. “I worked with the entire Utah delegation and many others in…
