Democrats Join McCarthy In Celebrating Budget Stopgap—And Taunting MAGA Wing

Forbes Business Breaking Democrats Join McCarthy In Celebrating Budget Stopgap—And Taunting MAGA Wing Brian Bushard Forbes Staff I cover breaking news for Forbes Following Sep 30, 2023, 05:03pm EDT | Press play to listen to this article! Got it! Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Topline House Democrats—and Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif. )—lauded a last-minute stopgap measure that passed the chamber on Saturday in an effort to avert a government shutdown, calling the resolution a “clean” bill, despite its lack of funding for Ukraine, even after Democrats pleaded for additional military aid. Rep.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N. Y. ) called the resolution a “win-win.

” NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images Key Facts In a post on X, progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N. Y.

) called the bill a “win-win” for allowing federal employees to continue to receive paychecks, and for riling far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga. ), who she says “threw a tantrum.

” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N. Y. ) also celebrated the vote, saying “all extreme right-wing policies have been removed” from it, arguing in a post that “MAGA Republicans have surrendered.

” Progressive Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn. ) said Democrats “held the line and won for the American people,” in a post, calling the bill a “surrender” by MAGA Republicans.

House Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-Mass. ) said of the resolution, which still needs Senate approval: “We stopped the MAGA extreme funding bill” and that “McCarthy admitted defeat. ” McCarthy also celebrated the bill’s passage in a press conference after the vote, and called out threats from far-right Rep.

Matt Gaetz (R-Fla. ) to oust him as speaker, saying that “if somebody wants to make a motion against me, bring it,” and adding: “There has to be an adult in the room. I am going to govern, which is what’s best for this country.

” News Peg The House voted 335-91 Saturday afternoon to pass the continuing resolution, with 90 Republicans and just one Democrat, Rep. Mike Quigley (D-Ill. ), opposing the measure.

The resolution, if approved by the Senate, would fund the government for 45 days and provide additional disaster relief funding, though it stops short of providing additional military aid for Ukraine, which Democrats had asked for, with President Joe Biden calling for $20 million in support. Chief Critic In a post on X, Quigley called the bill a “victory for Putin and his sympathizers,” arguing he “had a responsibility to voice [his] opposition and raise concerns before pro-Russia Republicans try to claim victory in the next funding agreement,” calling on lawmakers “to correct this mistake” in the next 45 days. Far-right Republicans had criticized previous measures that had included funding for Ukraine, including Greene, who voted against the resolution and said she refused to “fund a government that doesn’t care about our own border, but that worships Ukraine.

” Another 43 members of the House Freedom Caucus also voted against the measure, including Gaetz, as well as Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), Lauren Boebert (R-Colo. ) and Scott Perry (R-Pa. )—Byron Donalds (R-Fla.

) and Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla. ) did not vote. Further Reading House Approves Last-Minute Stopgap To Avert Government Shutdown—Leaves Out Funding For Ukraine (Forbes) Send me a secure tip .

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