Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia lashed out at Democrats after Republican House members were given barely any time to read a nearly 3,000 page bill before voting on it.
On Tuesday night, the Democrat-controlled Rules Committee announced that they would be meeting at 1:30 am to discuss a $1.5 trillion omnibus bill. By 2:30 am, they had moved forward, and released the bill text.
With the vote scheduled to take place at 1:30 pm, many legislators did not take too kindly to being given less than twelve hours to read nearly 3,000 pages.
In a video posted to Twitter on Wednesday morning, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene voiced her displeasure with how the situation had been handled.
Pelosi’s handpicked Rules committee announced their meeting AFTER midnight.
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (@RepMTG) March 9, 2022
Met at 1:30 AM.
And at 2:30 AM moved forward with the $1.5 TRILLION, 2741 page omnibus no one in Congress has time to read before voting THIS AFTERNOON!!
RT to expose the corruption of Congress. pic.twitter.com/Mc2g1UHqxD
"I want to tell you how corrupt Congress is," Greene began. "Now you would not believe what happened last night; as a matter of fact, I'm still shocked about it, and the rest of the Republicans were all shocked about it."
"So for all of us here in Washington," she continued, "when we woke up earlier this morning, we found out that it was too late to go and put amendments in, try to argue back, try to get thing removed from this horrendous, absolutely horrendous $1.5 trillion spending bill."
"We weren't able to do that because the Democrats snuck it through," Greene added. "They did not tell us ahead of time, no one had any idea until [the committee] put it on their website after midnight."
"This is not how Congress is supposed to work. It's completely broken. So when you look at our government and you are shocked and cannot believe that the things that happen here in Washington, DC, I am telling you this is how corrupt it is."
"We're supposed to vote on this $1.5 trillion omnibus bill today, and no one has read it. No one has read the bill; 2,741 pages."
Greene concluded by suggesting that, "Nancy Pelosi should be completely unseated as speaker of the House."
As The Hill reports, it was not only Republicans who were appalled by the Rules Committee's behavior. Rep. Angie Craig told reporters she was upset that the deal "was cut behind closed doors."
"Members found out this morning; this is completely unacceptable," she said.
The House ended up passing the bill on Wednesday, and has been sent to the Senate, where some expect it will be voted on by Friday.
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