Representative Kat Cammack (R-FL) was one of four Florida Republicans who voted against the President-elect Donald Trump-backed continuing resolution that ultimately died on the House of Representatives floor Thursday night. She provided her rationale on X (formerly Twitter) and told reporters in Washington, D.C., on Friday that "many of us [in Congress] feel that single-issue bills are the way to go."
Taking to X, Rep. Cammack explained to followers that while the Trump-backed continuing resolution was just 116 pages compared to the +1,500-page monstrosity killed Wednesday night, it "spent the same amount of [money] as the first CR and added $5 trillion in new debt with NO spending cuts," and riffed on House of Representatives leadership for "only [giving] us 1.5 hours to read the damn thing before voting on it."
Additionally, she vowed not to raise the debt ceiling under President Biden before Trump's return to office and emphasized that "Americans want single-issue bills. Americans want Washington to reduce debt, not increase it. Let's keep our promises: cut spending, prioritize single-issue bills, and act on the principles every Republican campaigned for & put America First."
Republicans campaigned on cutting spending and reducing the $35 trillion national debt. You can't achieve that by suspending the debt limit, which is why I couldn't support tonight’s CR package. True, it had fewer pages BUT spent the same amount of $$$ as the first CR and added…
— Kat Cammack (@Kat_Cammack) December 20, 2024
Rep. Cammack commented similarly to Washington, D.C. reporters, suggesting that "we are in a really good place, and it is no surprise that many of us feel that single-issue bills are the way to go. We also want to set up President Trump for success."
"So with that being said, I think we have a deal and a negotiation laid out that will bring everybody to the table as it relates to a debt ceiling and what those cuts look like," the Florida Congresswoman added.
One reporter asked Cammack if the two reconciliation bills led by Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) on border security and spending cuts would still be possible once Trump returns to office, to which she replied, "I do not think anybody is doubting that legislating is messy [and] governing is messy, but that is part of the process. And the good thing is that we are all communicating. There are open lines of communication, and so we are going to get through this meeting, and then we will go forward from there."
