Tennessee U.S. Reps. Burchett, Ogles Cite Lack of Notice Following Vote Against Bill Negotiated by Trump, Musk

Tom Pappert
Rep Andy Ogles, Rep. Tim Burchett.

U.S. Representatives Tim Burchett (R-TN-02) and Andy Ogles (R-TN-05) were among the 38 Republicans who voted against the Continuing Resolution (CR) negotiated by President-elect Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and Vice President-elect JD Vance, with both noting the short notice given to representatives.

After the American Relief Act of 2025 spending bill failed on Thursday, both Burchett and Ogles highlighted the short period of time given for lawmakers to review the 116-page document, which was released only hours after a 1,547-page CR was tossed following opposition from Trump and Musk.

“Given barely over an hour to review, I cannot in good conscience vote for the latest CR proposal,” wrote Ogles in a Thursday post to the social media platform X.

Ogles wrote, “It includes a two-year, $4 TRILLION debt limit increase; a provision that undermines the House majority and the American people.”

Burchett similarly said he was unable to read the CR before it was called to a vote, but also cited specific items he did not want the government to fund, in a video posted to X.

“Just voted against the CR, and I want to tell you why,” said Burchett. “It’s over $1 trillion, and we never even got to read the [dang] bill.”

He listed, “$100 billion in disaster assistance [was] given to this administration to spend in the next 30 days. We don’t trust them with 50 cents, much less $100 billion unchecked, again. $5.7 billion in there for submarines. Now you’ve got to ask yourself, what does that have to do with this? Why is it in there?”

Burchett also said the CR represents “a continuation of Pelosi-Schumer spending levels,” and argued, “this is not the way to run a government. You all elected us to do it differently, and that’s what we need to do.”

The legislation was negotiated by the president-elect after Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, who were both asked by Trump to lead his Department of Governmental Efficiency commission, led a wave of opposition to the 1,547-page CR that has yet to see a vote.

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Tom Pappert is the lead reporter for The Tennessee Star, and also reports for The Pennsylvania Daily Star and The Arizona Sun Times. Follow Tom on X/Twitter. Email tips to [email protected].
Image “Rep Andy Ogles” by Rep Andy Ogles and “Rep Tim Burchett” is by Rep Tim Burchett. 

 

 

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