House Spending Bill “Plan B” Defeated!

House Republicans just faced a major setback in their efforts to avert a government shutdown. In a surprising defeat, the GOP failed to pass a spending bill that was backed by President-elect Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson. Some are saying this was a crucial test of Trump’s ability to rally the Republican majority, and the vote didn’t go his way. However, I don’t believe this was a vote against Trump…but some solid fiscal conservatives in the House just couldn’t vote in favor of more debt and that’s what their constituents sent them to Washington for…right?

The bill went down  by a vote of 235-174, with 38 Republicans joining Democrats to kill the legislation. Not only did the bill fail to meet the two-thirds majority needed to fast-track it, but it also fell short of the 218 votes required under normal rules.

Were these 38 Republicans heroes….or trouble makers?  Text your comments to the Firmin Ford text line 864-477-JOEY(5639)

Representative Andy Ogles of Tennessee

Representative Ralph Norman of South Carolina

Representative Bob Good of Virginia

Representative Chip Roy of Texas

Representative Rich McCormick of Virginia

Representative Tim Burchett of Tennessee

Representative David Schweikert of Arizona

Representative Aaron Bean of Florida

Representative Andy Biggs of Arizona

Representative Josh Brecheen of Oklahoma

Representative Eric Burlison of Missouri

Representative Kat Cammack of Florida

Representative Michael Cloud of Texas

Representative Andrew Clyde of Georgia

Representative John Curtis of Utah

Representative Jeff Duncan of South Carolina

Representative Russ Fulcher of Idaho

Representative Paul Gosar of Arizona

Representative Andy Harris of Maryland

Representative Wesley Hunt of Texas

Representative Doug Lamborn of Colorado

Representative Debbie Lesko of Arizona

Representative Greg Lopez of Colorado

Representative Nancy Mace of South Carolina

Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky

Representative Cory Mills of Florida

Representative Alex Mooney of West Virginia

Representative Blake Moore of Utah

Representative Nathaniel Moran of Texas

Representative Scott Perry of Pennsylvania

Representative Bill Posey of Florida

Representative Matt Rosendale of Montana

Representative Keith Self of Texas

Representative Victoria Spartz of Indiana

Representative Tom Tiffany of Wisconsin

Representative Beth Van Duyne of Texas

Representative Eli Crane of Arizona

Representative Morgan Luttrell of Texas

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