PEORIA, Ill. – A Peoria-area Congressman is blasting the passage of the omnibus bill.
U. S. Rep. Darin LaHood (R-Dunlap) posted his thoughts in a thread on Twitter shortly after the bill was passed Friday. The $1.7 trillion bill provides funding for the government in the fiscal year and avoids a government shutdown.
The vote was mostly along party lines, 225-201. Two Illinois Republicans crossed party lines to approve the bill; Adam Kinzinger and Rodney Davis.
LaHood said the bill “spends money we simply don’t have,” adding it’s “full of liberal wish list items.” He said the bill also didn’t provide funding to help secure the U.S. southern border.
LaHood finished his thread by saying Republicans will be looking to take the country in a different direction when the party takes control of the House next month.
I voted against the Pelosi-Schumer $1.7 TRILLION Omnibus spending package. A 4,000+ page bill written behind closed doors and dropped in the middle of the night is exactly what is wrong with Washington, DC.
— Darin LaHood (@RepLaHood) December 23, 2022
