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House Republicans moved to reduce Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg’s salary to $1, as lawmakers debate spending bills ahead of the government funding deadline next week.

The salary cut for Buttigieg was put forth by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and adopted by voice vote as an amendment to the 2024 Transpiration and Housing and Urban Development spending bill.

“Pete Buttigieg doesn’t do his job. It’s all about fake photo ops and taxpayer-funded private jet trip to accept LGBTQ awards for him,” Green posted on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. “I’m happy my amendment passed, but he doesn’t deserve a single penny.”

The underlying bill needs to be approved by the full House and is unlikely to be approved by the Senate.

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[–] KingGordon@lemmy.world 135 points 1 year ago (6 children)

The gop has no plan or intent to govern. At all. How can you run a government if your entire platform is that all government is bad?

[–] NABDad@lemmy.world 29 points 1 year ago

Republicans: "Government doesn't work. Elect us and we'll prove it."

[–] elbucho@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Remember when Donald Trump appointed the guy who said he wanted to abolish the Department of Energy to be the head of the Department of Energy? Good times.

[–] Techmaster@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

When asked to name the departments he wanted to shut down, he listed them off but couldn't even remember the name of the DOE that he later got put in charge of.

[–] elbucho@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Haha yeah. That certainly was a highlight of 2016. Even better was that one of the three was the department of education...

[–] ghostdoggtv@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Their plan is to destroy the United States of America as safely as they can.

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago

They’ve confined themselves, and far too many of their voters, that they’re saving it. Especially by forcing women to live like it’s the 1700s and let the billionaires be kings.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

How can you run a government if your entire platform is that all government is bad?

Despotically.

They're like Ron Swanson, but without the charm, rugged intelligence, and moral compass.