As the government shutdown looms, one Republican senator isn't holding back on his criticism of a proposed continuing resolution.
“Merry Christmas, American taxpayer,” said Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., during "Mornings with Maria" on Wednesday. “We’re going to buy you a Corvette now. You can’t pay for it for 100 years, but we’re going to buy you a Corvette. It’s absolutely ridiculous what we’re doing here.”
On Tuesday, House Republicans released a massive 1,547-page proposal. It’s a short-term extension meant to keep FY 2024 funding levels intact while lawmakers negotiate funding for FY 2025.
This marks the second continuing resolution (CR) since the fiscal year ended on September 30. The bill includes health care measures targeting Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) and plans to revitalize Washington, D.C.'s RFK Stadium and nearby areas.
Watch the latest video at foxbusiness.comTuberville shifted the blame to Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., for not sticking to his word. Johnson had promised a "clean" CR without unrelated policy additions. The clock is ticking, with the deadline set for midnight Friday.
“We should get a clean CR. Mike Johnson promised that,” Tuberville said. He highlighted pressing issues like aid for farmers. “We’re going to lose 50,000 farms in the next probably six months, 50,000 more. And we lost 150,000 in the last three or four years.”
Tuberville also criticized the lack of disaster relief for North Carolina. “The Biden administration absolutely has dropped the ball on this,” he added.
He didn’t mince words about the RFK Stadium plan either. “To go out and build stadiums in D.C., hell, they can’t even cut the grass in the medians up here. It’s a disaster,” Tuberville said.
Speaker Johnson defended the strategy on "Fox & Friends." He argued that the short-term funding measure was necessary. “Instead of doing Chuck Schumer-Biden spending for 2025, we pushed this decision into March,” Johnson explained.