Rep. Dan Meuser, R-Pa., told Newsmax on Wednesday that the proposed continuing resolution to fund the federal government until mid-March doesn’t “fit well with the trends” embodied by President-elect Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency.
“One thing the American people should know: We knew about 90% of this bill well before we received it in portions,” Meuser told “National Report,” referring to lawmakers. “So, there’s a good 10% that we’re reviewing and, frankly, a fair amount of it is troubling. It’s about $120 billion higher than what a straight CR would be, and I wouldn’t be comfortable with a straight CR in the first place.
“There are some good aspects of it, and Speaker [Mike] Johnson [R-La.,] and others, we all did [our] best to negotiate. But, nevertheless, it’s not something that fits well with the trends … when we’re talking DOGE, and then we’re talking $110 billion, which includes some funding for the Francis Scott Key Bridge, that gets a little schizophrenic. We’re looking to reduce, not increase.”
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