The Craziest Things Congress Snuck Into Its Pork-Packed Christmas Spending Spree

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Posted on 12/18/2024 11:24:41 PM PST by where's_the_Outrage?

House Republicans are currently debating a continuing resolution that would keep the government running through March 14, however many are heavily criticizing leadership for trying to push through unnecessary provisions negotiated behind closed doors.

The over 1,500-page spending measure will receive votes from both Democrats and Republicans and is being pushed by Speaker of the House Mike Johnson. Johnson said in September that he has “no intention of going back” to the “terrible tradition” of a Christmas omnibus.......

Here are some of the provisions drawing the biggest blowback from conservatives, many of which were identified on X by users like Small Gov Lizard:

・Members of Congress would be allowed their first pay raise since 2009

・A provision that allows lawmakers to opt out of Obamacare and use the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program instead

・Language on transparency in concert ticket pricing

・The federal government paying the entire bill to rebuild the Francis Scott Key Bridge

・Accountability for recycling and composting fraud

・A “Feral Swine Eradication” program

・A continuation of the “Wool Trust Fund” until 2025

・Paying for juvenile delinquents to get their driver’s license

・No longer calling homeless adults and children “homeless”

・Extending a “sheep marketing grant program” until 2025

・The Global Engagement Center, the State Department’s office dedicated to censorship, will get another year of funding

・Spending $3 million dollars to test the inspection of molasses

These provisions and more have many House Republicans extremely frustrated with GOP leadership.

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