Sen. Adam Schiff: I’m A “Hard No” On Spending Bill

Sen. Adam Schiff writes on his Substack:

Tomorrow, the U.S. Senate will have a very significant vote on a CR, a six-month CR, that is a six-month continuing resolution. I will be a hard no.

I hope this CR is defeated. I fear that it may not be, and I want to tell you why I’m voting no and why this needs to be defeated.

First of all, this is not a bill that would simply continue the funding levels of the government for the next half a year. This is a power giveaway to an executive already drunk with power.

This would embolden the president to continue tearing down government services, closing Social Security offices, illegally withholding funds, illegally seizing more and more authority from the U.S. Congress.

But worst of all, in my view, is we would be giving it to him. It is one thing for those who aspire to dictatorship to take power. It is another to knowingly give it to him. I will not do that.

Read the full statement. There’s a lot more.

Moving Sen Schiff to the No on cloture category based on new message on his substack of all places. “I’m a hard NO on the Republican spending bill. On cloture. On all of it.” talkingpointsmemo.com/senate-clotu…

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— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm.bsky.social) March 13, 2025 at 6:14 PM

Trump and Republicans set this up as an unprecedented power grab so they can slash and burn government services on their terms.

I’m a firm NO — on cloture and final passage — on this ‘CR’

— Senator Tina Smith (@smith.senate.gov) March 13, 2025 at 5:35 PM