Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green (Rep. Georgia). , 2023.
Dustin Chambers | Reuters
WASHINGTON — The White House has called the debate over Republican impeachment a “partisan stunt,” after Republican Georgia Rep. ’ and pushed back.
“I have already decided that I will not vote for government funding unless the impeachment inquiry passes,” Green said.
Thursday night at City Hall to voters at a subsequent rally Post to XGreen, formerly known as Twitter, said he would not vote on the necessary budget unless the impeachment process against President Joe Biden begins.
Without government funding, the government would close on September 30, the end of the fiscal year, resulting in employee furloughs, government shutdowns, and many critical programs at risk. may be exposed to
The House has passed just one of the 12 budget bills needed to fund the government, with less than a month to go.
The White House on Thursday called on Congress to pass a short-term continuation resolution to fund the government while long-term budget negotiations continue. Even before Mr. Green’s remarks, the two parties were deeply divided, with Republicans seeking to implement massive spending cuts that are unlikely to pass in the Democratic-controlled Senate.
Green also said he would not vote on the budget unless the House “stops funding Biden’s government weaponization,” ends its COVID-19 obligations, and stops funding Ukraine. also said.
White House Press Secretary Ian Sams said in a statement that millions of dollars had already been wasted in the “hunting of geese” investigations into Mr Biden and his family.
“Marjorie Taylor Greene, one of the most powerful members of the House of Representatives, has admitted that impeachment of House Republicans is nothing more than a partisan maneuver by the most extreme far-right lawmakers,” Sams said.
Republicans have yet to find evidence of misconduct when Biden was vice president and his son Hunter was on the board of Ukrainian energy company Burisma, or that Biden profited even slightly from his son’s role. not shown.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has begun to warn lawmakers that failing to fund the government could harm the impeachment inquiry, and in a Fox News interview last Sunday he said the impeachment inquiry would be “a matter of course.” It’s the next step,” he said.
“If you shut down the government, you’re shutting down all investigations and all other government,” McCarthy told Fox News on Sunday.
In an interview with Breitbart News on Friday, McCarthy said there would be a formal vote if the House launched an impeachment inquiry against Biden.
“If the impeachment inquiry goes ahead, it will be done by a vote on the floor of the House of Representatives, not by a declaration by a single individual,” McCarthy said.