Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) tore into the US Senate and Senate leadership over their failure to reopen the government and the Republican Party’s refusal to execute on its mandate and pass the SAVE America Act on Sunday.
The Senate remains deadlocked on both issues due to a slim majority, but could quickly solve both by terminating the 60-vote requirement to pass legislation in the filibuster. However, Senate RINOs, including Leader John Thune, refuse to follow the will of their voters and do so.
Butchett went off on John Thune for his failure on the highly popular SAVE America Act, which would require voter ID and documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections, and for passing a garbage funding bill in the middle of the night to fund the Department of Homeland Security without funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, then ditching town.
“you, as a member of the media, ought to be disgusted to the fact they passed that thing at 2:25 in the morning, and left all the other senators kind of hanging,” Burchett told Fox’s Jacqui Heinrich, slamming Thune for cutting a deal with Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer.
“The whole deal of the stereotype of Congress is, and it’s well deserved, is that we pass stuff in the dark of night because we don’t have any guts, and that’s clearly what’s shown in the Senate leadership,” he added, calling for Thune to be ousted.
“I think they need to get some new leadership over there, in my opinion.”
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Burchett: I think he made a huge mistake, ma’am. 83% of the population supports President Trump and SAVE America Act, which they should. He ignores that, and you, as a member of the media, ought to be disgusted to the fact they passed that thing at 2:25 in the morning, and left all the other senators kind of hanging.
All he had to do is have five of his cronies on the floor. He cuts a deal with Schumer. Obviously, the leadership in the Senate, and that’s on both sides of the aisle, has a real disgust for this President and House leadership because they didn’t even have the guts to call Speaker Mike Johnson and let them know what happened.
The whole deal of the stereotype of Congress is, and it’s well deserved, is that we pass stuff in the dark of night because we don’t have any guts, and that’s clearly what’s shown in the Senate leadership. I think they need to get some new leadership over there, in my opinion.
He further slammed the Senate for bailing on vacation while the government remains shut down, touting his Do Your Job Act, which he has introduced numerous times since 2019 to freeze Congressional salaries if federal employees are not getting paid due to a shutdown.
“When government’s in a shutdown, or a partial shutdown, as this is, we shouldn’t get paid, he said,” slamming his colleagues as “spoiled brats.” To the members who complain about their nearly $200,000-a-year salary for almost no work, he said, “Dadgummit, go home!”
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Burchett: I think we need to get back and get back to work, Ma’am. We used to say in the state legislature, you shouldn’t have hired on if you didn’t want to work. And clearly they don’t want to work. But honestly, I do more work when I’m at home. You know, I can’t get used to those two hour work weeks when I’m in Washington, waiting on the Senate to budge on something, and that’s clearly what’s going on here. And Harvey’s right. TMZ, he is correct. I hope they bust some people on this thing because this is ridiculous. America’s suffering, we’re paying more at the pumps.
These ridiculous lines, were forcing TSA agents to work for free multiple times this year, and yet, Congress has continued to be paid. That’s why I sponsored legislation to do away with that. When government’s in a shutdown, or a partial shutdown, as this is, we shouldn’t get paid, but we’re a bunch of spoiled brats, ma’am. And you know, I get sick and tired of congressmen saying they can’t, you know, “You know how much money I could make if I just went home and worked?” Well, dadgummit, go home!
More people have played professional baseball than have been in the United States Congress. You need to treat it as— I treat it as an honor. Every time I get off that plane and look at that capital, I get chills, and when you don’t you need to pack it up and come home.
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