(From Seventh District Congressman Eric Burlison)The longest government shutdown in history is finally over, ending a bizarre stalemate caused by partisan brinkmanship that put politics ahead of the American people.
The House passed a continuing resolution on September 19, which would have funded the government through November 21, allowing time to continue the appropriations process for fiscal year 2026. However, over a 43-day period, Senate Democrats voted 15 times to block the clean funding bill that would have reopened the government.
Democrats chose to keep the government closed while demanding $1.5 trillion in new spending and attempting to extend COVID-era subsidies to prop up the failing Obamacare system. As a result, Americans, including our service members, bore the cost driven by partisan priorities.
Republicans stood firm, and in the end, eight Senate Democrats crossed the aisle to pass a funding bill that reopened the government through January 30, 2026.
Now, Congress must restore fiscal discipline through regular order – completing the 12 appropriations bills that ensure a responsible budget and put hardworking families first.
3 comments:
Eric, Thanks so much for investigating that Mexcian UFO Alien corpse during your 6 week haitus. Good use of taxpayer dollars and definitely the most important work a "fiscal conservative " could do for the people of the 7th District........ and ............ I appreciate you witholding your vote on the "Revenge porn law" Great logic, horrible optics. Does Eric speak or are you handicapped? I never hear your name.
Dear Eric, If I correctly read your statement all it said was: Blah, blah blah blah. Blah blah blah! Blah blah. Blah blah blah blah blah. Blah blah hard working families first. What a waste of intelligence to actually act like you're representing us.
I'm not sure what Burlison would be doing differently if he were actually an incompetent kook.
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