House GOP 'didn't know' what was in the spending bill when they voted: report

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Raw Story

June 5, 2025 5:55PM ET


Multiple Republican members of the House admitted they “didn’t know” part of what was in the House spending bill, according to a NOTUS report.

“Congressman Mike Flood (R-NE) told his constituents at a town hall last week he didn’t know that the bill would limit judges’ power to hold people in contempt for violating court orders, saying he wouldn’t have supported it if he knew,” the outlet said. “When approached by NOTUS about his comments Wednesday, he said to contact his office.

“Congressman Flood 100% supports renewing the Trump tax cuts this year. He’s closely monitoring the Senate’s work and looks forward to continuing to support ‘The One, Big, Beautiful Bill’ as it works its way through the legislative process,” Flood’s spokesperson told NOTUS in a statement. Flood is not alone, major Trump supporter, Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) posted on X her disdain for the “ big, beautiful bill.”

“Full transparency,” she said, “I did not know about this section on pages 278-279 of the OBBB [one big beautiful bill] that strips states of the right to make laws or regulate AI for 10 years. I am adamantly OPPOSED to this and it is a violation of state rights, and I would have voted NO if I had known this was in there.” Greene later added, “This needs to be stripped out in the Senate.” The second thoughts from House members come as Tesla CEO, Elon Musk, is relentlessly criticizing the bill.

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[no_hypocrisy]

1. Maybe future bills should have a cover sheet with bullet points for easy comprehension.

Jon Conyers said it best in Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 that House Members don't read the bills they're voting on. (I don't know if he meant fully or partially.) You'd think that meant their staff was supposed to read them and advise accordingly.

And I believe that these bills are purposely drafted in 1,000-plus pages to discourage reading and analysis.

That's how The "PATRIOT" Act got passed so quickly. The meme is "Pass the Sucker because I told you to."

One more thing: in Contracts Law, you are charged with reading the terms of the proposed contract before you sign it. You can't argue in court that you didn't know what you were signing unless you're an Infant, Infirmed, or Incompetent (Incapacitated). So House Members can't get away with ignorance when they vote. They had their chance and f*cked up. Of course, there are those who knew and voted anyway and then claimed ignorance.

[BumRushDaShow]

2. The other thing though

is that these bills are drafted in at least one or more Committees. So anyone who is a member on one (or several) of the Committees that did the markups, would know some of what was in the bill, but everyone else would have no clue (or could probably care less... per se... if they didn't participate in the markup).

[travelingthrulife]

13. So the entire bill is not available for review until after the vote?

I have never heard that before. They had discussions in the full house, didn't they?

[True Blue American]

8. So they are not doing their job. Fire them.

I will not vote for them.
Urging Nike Turner tio fight or switch.

[thesquanderer]

11. Maybe Tulsi Gabbard can have Fox News put together a cartoon version for them to watch. (n/t)

[Bread and Circuses]

3. Liars. They knew . Now they're trying to get a pass.

[Irish_Dem]

4. If the bill impacted THEIR income, pension, healthcare, standard of living, they would have read every word.

[Harker]

5. Those who claim not to have known what's in the bill are declaring their own incompetence.

[True Blue American]

6. Excuses

Damned excuses. Do your job. Musk wants them all fired, I agree,. Every one,including the ignorant leader.

[bronxiteforever]

7. Sounds like they need a new Speaker.

Bible boy Johnson isn’t being truthful with them.

[True Blue American]

9. They should have known what they voted for.

[FakeNoose]

10. Of course not - Chump didn't want them to know

He just twisted arms until they voted for the entire thing, without knowing what's in the bill. That's his modus operandi, he did the same thing as Chump 1-point-0.

The GOP House members should be ashamed of themselves. They all need to resign in disgrace.

[travelingthrulife]

12. They are too busy with interviews to do their damned job.

[republianmushroom]

14. Bullshit, Republican congresspersons were told to vote for the bill

and they did. Buck up and shut up and take one for the orange god father you ungrateful tax paying voters.