{"id":185232,"date":"2023-09-30T21:39:31","date_gmt":"2023-09-30T21:39:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansapidnews.com\/?p=185232"},"modified":"2023-09-30T21:39:31","modified_gmt":"2023-09-30T21:39:31","slug":"rep-jamaal-bowman-pulls-capitol-fire-alarm-ahead-of-spending-bill-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansapidnews.com\/celebrity\/rep-jamaal-bowman-pulls-capitol-fire-alarm-ahead-of-spending-bill-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Jamaal Bowman Pulls Capitol Fire Alarm Ahead of Spending Bill Vote"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A U.S. congressman pulled a fire alarm inside the Capitol this weekend right before the House was set to vote on a spending bill in hopes of avoiding a government shutdown.<\/p>\n
Rep. Jamaal Bowman<\/strong> (D-NY) copped to the apparent delay tactic Saturday … with a rep from his office saying, “Congressman Bowman did not realize he would trigger a building alarm as he was rushing to make an urgent vote. The Congressman regrets any confusion.”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Capitol Police released a photo to the public, which appears to show Bowman pulling down the lever … which obviously set off a siren in the building and evacuation to follow. He’s now under investigation for the stunt — which Republicans are slamming as unpatriotic.<\/p>\n House Speaker Kevin McCarthy<\/strong> said he was appalled that Dems would resort to something like this … accusing them as a party of trying to force the federal government into a freeze.<\/p>\n Now, as for the actual vote itself … it eventually continued, and a bill proposed by House Republicans actually got enough votes to pass — which will now get kicked over to the Senate. They gotta vote on it soon … come midnight, the shutdown goes into effect.<\/p>\n The bill — which was voted in as a bipartisan, 45-day stopgap — has a lot of disaster relief funding in it … but no extra cash for Ukraine, which is something Dems were seeking.<\/p>\n The White House says this House bill should do the trick for now, but they expect McCarthy to bring a separate bill “shortly” to address the Ukraine issue. Time will tell if he does.<\/p>\n If the Senate fails to pass the House’s bill, we’ll go into a shutdown until Congress reconvenes on Monday. A prolonged shutdown is no bueno for federal workers, not to mention the economy at large. It’s happened before, and it could well happen again.<\/p>\n