Richard Shelby is coming under heavy fire from conservatives for cutting one last deal with Democrats on a massive year-end spending bill, an effort supported by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell
Richard Shelby is leaving the Senate after 36 years with arrows lodged in his back — by his own party.is coming under heavy fire from conservatives for cutting one last deal with Democrats on a massive year-end spending bill, an effort supported by both Senate Minority Leaderand President Joe Biden. Yet the Alabamian’s fellow Republicans are calling him a fiscal sellout for trying to fund the government for much of next year before a chaotic GOP House takes over in January.
He even thinks his work will help save the House GOP majority from itself next year, staving off months of bitter infighting over federal spending bills. Not that Shelby expects a gift basket from McCarthy and his allies. Reminded of Roy’s comment, Shelby countered: “I don’t want a monument. Monuments are for pigeons and dogs.”
At the heart of House Republicans’ griping over the bill is the contrast between their fiscal hawk rhetoric and the reality of a mammoth bipartisan spending bill spearheaded by two retiring Senate leaders — a dynamic McCarthy mentioned several times as he teed off against a potential deal this month. House GOP appropriators say they’re in the dark about the talks Shelby is co-leading.
Shelby speaks with Sen. Phil Gramm during the press conference where he announced he was switching to the Republican party on Nov. 10, 1994. | Laura Patterson/CQ Roll Call via AP After serving as both a Democrat and a Republican, Shelby said he learned that “you’re not going to have your way yourself. You’ve got to work with other people to advance your cause. Try to understand where they’re coming from.”
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