Last night's vote to keep the government running was controversial for many reasons. Republicans now find themselves at odds with each other and with President-elect Donald Trump (R). Congress ultimately voted in favor of the bill, but lawmakers are forced to deal with the aftermath in spending of the government remaining open until March. Assessing the vote to avoid a government shutdown, Florida Rep. Cory Mills (R) urged lawmakers to "put more money back into the pockets of Americans."
The president-elect backed the CR bill to keep the government running, and he warned that any Republican who didn't support the bill needed to be voted out of office. Many Republicans who support the president-elect didn't back the bill primary because they felt that it increased government waste and government spending.
Rep. Mills, who staunchly supports the president-elect, did not back the bill, and on social media he shared that the CR bill actually hurts Americans.
Regarding last night’s CR vote:
Conservatives all agreed that single point bills through regular order must be returned. No more multi-bill “damned if you do, damned if you don’t”.
Conservatives fully supported that we cannot support run away inflationary spending any longer…
— Cory Mills (@CoryMillsFL) December 20, 2024
"Conservatives fully supported that we cannot support run away inflationary spending any longer that’s destroying our middle class," the Florida Republican wrote on X. "We rallied against CRs that continued Pelosi emergency spending levels. We refused to support McCarthy CRs at same levels. Refused to support Johnson CRs and demanded 'shut the border or shut the government'". Despite this, self-proclaimed fiscally conservative lawmakers did not feel they were heard by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R), who was accused of prioritizing Democratic measures during the negotiation process.
"CRs hurt our military and put us further behind our adversaries with no new programs of record started and billions per day in additional costs," Rep. Mills further expressed on social media.
With the passing of the bill, Rep. Mills believes that it will will continue "driving America into bankruptcy without an economic growth strategy based on unleashing American energy, taking back our resource and supply chain capabilities, and not having a clearly defined top line number is NOT the answer."
The president-elect will be inaugurated on January 20th, and Republicans now find themselves in a difficult position as they look to reconcile with each other and with the mandate the American votes gave them in the November elections.
"We must always put America First," Rep. Mills urged.
