The end of the year is fast approaching, which typically means that it is time for Congress to ram through another last-minute bloated funding bill to avoid a partial government shutdown, and this year appears to be no exception.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is facing significant blowback from many of his GOP colleagues on Capitol Hill, however, who have voiced complaints over the spending measure's size, timing, and inclusion of items favored by Democrats, according to The Hill.

Some of the House Republicans who oppose the purportedly narrow continuing resolution, which many have compared to a disfavored and widely encompassing omnibus bill, have even suggested Johnson's speakership could be in danger next year if he forces the measure through with Democratic support to avoid a Friday deadline.

Spending bill is "a total dumpster fire"

The Center Square reported on Wednesday that Speaker Johnson finally unveiled the text of a roughly 1,500-page continuing resolution bill that ostensibly maintains current funding levels until mid-March but in actuality is weighed down by hundreds of billions of dollars in additional spending.

That includes more than $100 billion in hurricane-related disaster relief, approximately $10 billion in economic relief for farmers, around $8 billion to rebuild a historic bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, and a pay raise for Congress, among several other things.

According to The Hill, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) opined, "It’s not a CR, which is a continuation of the budget. It’s turning into an omnibus."

"It’s a total dumpster fire. I think it’s garbage," Rep. Eric Burlison (R-MO), a House Freedom Caucus member, said of the bill. "This is what Washington, D.C., has done. This is why I ran for Congress, to try to stop this. And sadly, this is happening again."

A similar sentiment came from Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX), who said, "We get this negotiated crap, and we’re forced to eat this crap sandwich. Why? Because freaking Christmas is right around the corner. It’s the same dang thing every year. Legislate by crisis, legislate by calendar. Not legislate because it’s the right thing to do."

"This is a s**t sandwich"

CBS News also reported on the growing criticism of House GOP members against Speaker Johnson over the supposed CR bill, given that he had previously vowed to avoid such last-minute shenanigans as well as to give lawmakers at least 72 hours to read legislation before voting, which is now impossible in light of Friday's deadline for the measure to pass both chambers and be signed by President Joe Biden to avoid a partial government shutdown.

"There's a certain sandwich that's made of feces, and that's what I would compare this to," Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), who took issue with the inclusion of disaster relief in the funding bill, said. "This is a s**t sandwich. I don't know how else to say that we're being forced into this position."

Nor is it just House Republicans speaking out against the bill, as tech billionaire and unofficial Trump advisor Elon Musk, despite having recently met with Johnson to discuss the impending CR, has complained vociferously on his X platform about the measure and even said that any legislator "who votes for this outrageous spending bill deserves to be voted out in 2 years."

Likewise, even President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance were critical of the CR-turned-omnibus bill in a joint statement that called for an increase of the national debt limit and "a streamlined spending bill that doesn’t give Chuck Schumer and the Democrats everything they want."

Johnson could lose speakership next year

Meanwhile, Fox News reported that some House Republicans are suggesting that Speaker Johnson could face "consequences" next year, including the loss of his speakership, if he persists in pushing the spending measure and utilizes Democratic votes to get it passed over GOP opposition.

Though no clear challengers have emerged just yet, several members have already signaled that they will vote "No" on Johnson remaining in his leadership position next year, and given the party's exceptionally slim majority at the start of the next term, Johnson can't afford to lose more than just a couple of defectors if he wishes to retain the speaker's gavel.