Rep. Jamaal Bowman Pulls Capitol Fire Alarm Ahead of Spending Bill Vote

A U.S. congressman pulled a fireplace alarm contained in the Capitol this weekend proper earlier than the Home was set to vote on a spending invoice in hopes of avoiding a authorities shutdown.

Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) copped to the obvious delay tactic Saturday … with a rep from his workplace saying, “Congressman Bowman didn’t notice he would set off a constructing alarm as he was dashing to make an pressing vote. The Congressman regrets any confusion.”

Capitol Police launched a photograph to the general public, which seems to indicate Bowman knocking down the lever … which clearly set off a siren within the constructing and evacuation to observe. He is now beneath investigation for the stunt — which Republicans are slamming as unpatriotic.

Home Speaker Kevin McCarthy mentioned he was appalled that Dems would resort to one thing like this … accusing them as a celebration of making an attempt to pressure the federal authorities right into a freeze.

Now, as for the precise vote itself … it will definitely continued, and a invoice proposed by Home Republicans really bought sufficient votes to go — which is able to now get kicked over to the Senate. They gotta vote on it quickly … come midnight, the shutdown goes into impact.

The invoice — which was voted in as a bipartisan, 45-day stopgap — has quite a lot of catastrophe reduction funding in it … however no further money for Ukraine, which is one thing Dems had been looking for.

The White Home says this Home invoice ought to do the trick for now, however they count on McCarthy to convey a separate invoice “shortly” to handle the Ukraine difficulty. Time will inform if he does.