House Conservatives Demand New Spending Cuts

“A robust group of far-right Republicans on Friday issued a brand new set of calls for within the combat over the debt ceiling, stressing they might solely provide their votes to boost the restrict if they’ll safe about $130 billion in spending cuts, cap federal companies’ future budgets and unwind the Biden administration’s financial agenda,” the Washington Post stories.

“The ultimatum from the House Freedom Caucus — led by Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA) — threatened to deal an enormous blow to authorities well being care, training, science and labor applications. Searching for harder work necessities on welfare recipients and the repeal of federal funds to combat coronavirus and local weather change, the conservatives’ want listing appeared to complicate the work to clinch a deal and avert a looming fiscal calamity.”

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