Ohio Republican 'out on another CR for the sake of more government'

Rep. Warren Davidson (R-Ohio) said Monday that he was “out on another CR for the sake of more government.”

“Lord willing, there will be a revival and resurgent faith in Jesus. Pray for it! Work for it!” Davidson said in a post on the social platform X. 

“But, I’m not sure the GOP, the Republicans, MAGA, conservatives, or some other blend of right of center politics will do anything different,” he added. “I already hated status quo thinking and approaches (soft incrementalism at best), so I’m out on another CR for the sake of more government.”

“We know we need a smaller, more accountable, more focused America First government. I will tolerate nothing else,” the Ohio Republican continued. 

House Republican leaders are attempting to pass a stopgap bill this week that would keep the government funded largely at current levels through Nov. 20, GOP sources told The Hill.

But Democrats have demanded concessions on health care be included in the stopgap bill.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) can only afford to lose two GOP votes if all Democrats vote against the measure, and there is a contingent of conservatives that are generally leery of stopgap spending bills.

On Monday, President Trump pushed congressional Republicans to come together in support of a “clean” continuing resolution that would avoid a government shutdown at the end of September.

“Congressional Republicans, including Leader John Thune and Speaker Mike Johnson, are working on a short term ‘CLEAN’ extension of Government Funding to stop Cryin’ Chuck Schumer from shutting down the Government,” Trump said on his Truth Social platform.

“In times like these, Republicans have to stick TOGETHER to fight back against the Radical Left Democrat demands, and vote ‘YES!’ on both Votes needed to pass a Clean CR this week out of the House of Representatives,” Trump added. “Democrats want the Government to shut down. Republicans want the Government to OPEN.”