It is a basic function of government to fund operations. With the Federal Government, it’s complicated, yet is a primary reason we send U.S. Senators and Representatives to Washington.
Both Iowa Senators, Joni Ernst and Chuck Grassley recognize the need to fund the government without shutting it down first. This is evidenced by their vote for a 45-day continuing resolution this week. However, U.S. Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks has come up short in the recognition category, voting on a meaningless impeachment inquiry, and planning her annual tailgate fund raising event, instead of persuading Republican colleagues to avoid a shutdown and work on passing a budget.
It is unfortunate, yet Miller-Meeks has turned into a non-entity since she entered Congress. She is a hollow shell, a place holder, towing the line of her Republican superiors and the moneyed interests like the fossil fuel companies that fund her campaigns.
Why hasn’t Miller-Meeks pushed to get the Farm Bill passed?
Why hasn’t she dismissed the impeachment of the president for the waste of time it is?
If the government shuts down because the House Republican caucus can’t agree among themselves, Miller-Meeks bears some of the responsibility.
We must remove her from office in November 2024 and replace her with a Democrat like Christina Bohannan that knows why they are sent to Washington.
~ Prepared and submitted as a letter to the editor of local newspapers.
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