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Thank You, Taxpayer Advocate Dan Bishop, for Opposing the Omnibus

Declan HurleybyDeclan Hurley
December 21, 2022
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Thank You, Taxpayer Advocate Dan Bishop, for Opposing the Omnibus

From left: Kevin Roberts, the author, Rep. Ralph Norman, and Rep. Dan Bishop. All four of us oppose the omnibus.

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In 2022, U.S. House Republicans won a majority of the popular vote on a platform that included cutting wasteful spending. Nonetheless, Senate Republican leadership has conspired with Democrats to pass a wasteful $1.65 trillion spending package before the GOP takes control of the House in January. Treacherous legislation like this omnibus does have one upside: We see legislators’ true colors. And Congressman Dan Bishop (R., N.C.) has proven himself to be America’s taxpayer advocate.

In a viral Twitter thread, Bishop reveals some of the most egregious provisions of the 4,155-page omnibus. We learn that the Senate uniparty wants to spend $200 million of taxpayer money for the Gender Equity Fund, $108 million for the EPA’s “environmental justice” initiatives, $65 million to restore Pacific salmon populations, $26 million for the U.S. House’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion, millions for various socially progressive pet projects and the “Nancy Pelosi Fellowship Program,” and much, much more:

My team and I are reading through the omnibus bill today – all $1.7 trillion and 4,155 pages of it.

Follow along for some of the most egregious provisions in the bill ⬇️

— Rep. Dan Bishop (@RepDanBishop) December 20, 2022

By unpacking the omnibus plank by plank, expenditure by expenditure, Bishop and his office are doing yeomen’s work for the American people. The congressman has had to move quickly: The Senate uniparty released the eight-ream-long bill at 1:30 AM on Tuesday and expects it to become law by the end of the day Friday.

I have known Bishop since I was sixteen and he was a state senator for Charlotte. A citizen legislator in the mold of the Founding Fathers, he spent almost thirty years in private legal practice before entering the halls of Congress. That gives Bishop an appreciation for taxpayers’ rights that is often lost on career politicians who have never had a real job.

The author with Rep. Bishop in 2020

The hastily introduced omnibus rewrites Medicaid rules and the Electoral Count Act, in addition to spending $858 billion on defense and $773 billion on social programs. Those outlays will fund the government through September 2023. Sadly, 21 GOP senators took a totally opposite approach to Bishop, advanced the bill, and demonstrated their disregard for government transparency and the plight of American taxpayers:

THREAD: 21 Senators voted to proceed to the $1.7 trillion omnibus – & to spend billions we do not have, empower Biden bureaucrats with no fixes, & block us from securing the border for at least 9 mos. Some are friends, one my former boss.. but unless… (1/13) #StandUpForAmerica pic.twitter.com/31qkrlWG6d

— Chip Roy (@chiproytx) December 21, 2022

I will never understand Republicans who ignored The Wall Street Journal editorial board’s sage counsel: “[P]ass a short-term funding bill and kick this mess to next year when the GOP House would have more leverage.” But, on a happier note, I will never forget the dutiful service of America’s taxpayer advocate—Congressman Dan Bishop—this Christmas season.

* The views expressed in this article solely represent the views of the author, not the views of the Chicago Thinker.

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Declan Hurley

Declan Hurley

Declan Hurley is the Chicago Thinker’s Publisher and Editor-in-Chief. A rising third year at the University of Chicago who is studying Economics and History, Declan is also a small-business owner, the editor of FDL Review, and an active participant in the politics of his home state, North Carolina. He loves to partake in the battle over ideas, and in his free time, he likes to exercise, read, and review public-opinion polling.

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