Crane, a U.S. Navy veteran elected to the House in November, was a staunch critic of McCarthy’s decision to rely on Democratic support to pass Saturday’s stopgap bill. “I will use every single tool at my disposal to break the cycle of incompetency and dishonesty that’s been allowed to steamroll the American people for far too long,” Crane said on X on Tuesday, ahead of the vote.
He is among a small group of freshman Republicans who self-identifies as a “Never CR” voice, meaning they have vowed to oppose continuing resolutions, or stopgap funding proposals. “I’m opposed to it because, in principle, it’s what happens up here consistently,” Crane said last month. “Even as a freshman, I know that, right? It’s the old, ‘Oh, we’re going to do a CR.’ As if we haven’t had nine months to do what we’re supposed to do and pass the appropriation bills.”