Marathon Pundit: Stopgap funding passes House; Joe Walsh votes "No" and explains why

Tuesday, October 04, 2011

Stopgap funding passes House; Joe Walsh votes "No" and explains why

Rep. Joe Walsh of McHenry, IL

The House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a stopgap spending bill that will fund the government until shortly before Thanksgiving. But one of the members of Congress who voted "No" was Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL). He explains why in a press release:

WASHINGTON- Today, Congressman Joe Walsh (IL-8), voted against the continuing resolution to fund the government until November 18. Walsh also voted no on a similar CR bill presented to Congress two weeks ago. Congress will continue to vote on short term funding until annual Appropriations legislation is passed.

Walsh stated:

The American people elected us to cut spending, create jobs, and get our fiscal house in order. This continuing resolution and temporary funding is not what Congress was elected to achieve, and is disingenuous to our constituents. We need real solutions to the real problems America is facing not short term fixes.

In April, the Republican controlled House passed the Ryan Budget which sent forth specific guidelines for putting the fiscal house back on track. The continuing resolution passed today does not follow these guidelines, and strays from the plan we passed just months ago. Congress continues to kick the can down the road. Americans have seen continuing resolution after continuing resolution with no clear end in sight and no real solution to this economic disaster.

The American people elected us to fix the problem, and I will continue to fight to get our fiscal house in order.