Pelosi Could Use Funding Bill to ‘Tie Republicans’ Hands’ Next Congress: House GOP

House Republicans are warning that Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) could use a must-pass stopgap spending measure to “tie Republicans’ hands” during fiscal year 2023, even if the party takes the majority.

Capitol Hill is once again racing against the clock to iron out a stopgap spending measure, or continuing resolution (CR) before a government shutdown on Oct. 1.

Because the deadline is only about a month away from midterms, tensions are high for both parties as negotiations continue in both the House and Senate, with infighting breaking out on both sides of the aisle.

Now, Republicans are warning—and promising to oppose—any CR that would run out before Jan. 3, 2023, the first day of the newly-elected 118th Congress. Such a CR, Republicans warn, would allow Democrats to continue to fund President Joe Biden’s “failed agenda” over the wishes of a potential GOP House majority.

“Any spending that expires before Jan[.] 3 would allow Dems to tie Republicans’ hands next congress,” explained Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) in a statement on Twitter. “Voters will have fired Speaker Pelosi, but she could still decide all government funding for FY2023.”

In a memo (pdf) to members of the Republican Study Committee, chairman Jim Banks (R-Ind.) wrote: “The sun is setting on Nancy Pelosi’s speakership.”

Pelosi’s ‘Last Hurrah’

Still, Banks said, Pelosi was hoping for a “last hurrah” by hijacking the CR with provisions that would not be supported by Republicans.

Among these provisions, according to Banks, are: “A pathway to citizenship for the ~76,000 Afghan evacuees without LPR status,” despite the fact that the Department of Homeland Security inspector general found that “the Biden admin failed to vet Afghan evacuees, and a whistleblower reported that the Biden admin flew 324 suspected terrorists into the US.”

Further, Banks said, Pelosi’s CR includes “$22.4 billion in

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