The GOP-controlled <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-house-of-representatives" target="_blank" rel="noopener">House</a> rejected on Thursday evening a revamped spending bill that would stave off a federal <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/government-shutdown" target="_blank" rel="noopener">government shutdown</a> by the end of the week, leaving the fate of the measure backed by President-elect <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> and his close allies in doubt.
Just hours after the new deal was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-gop-reaches-new-deal-on-spending-after-cramnibus-falters" target="_blank" rel="noopener">unveiled</a>, 172 Republicans and two Democrats <a href="https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2024516" target="_blank" rel="noopener">voted for the bill</a>. It failed to pass under suspension of the rules, meaning the bill needed a two-thirds majority for it to succeed. Another 38 Republicans voted against the bill, siding with the majority of Democrats.
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Revised GOP CR fails to even get a majority, let alone two-thirds. 38 Republicans defy Trump. Just 2 Dems voted for the bill. <a href="https://t.co/Y1dZVGyTR9">pic.twitter.com/Y1dZVGyTR9</a>
&mdash; Jamie Dupree (@jamiedupree) <a href="https://twitter.com/jamiedupree/status/1869895034499224049?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 19, 2024</a></blockquote>
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The Hill&#8217;s Emily Brooks <a href="https://x.com/emilybrooksnews/status/1869897907358384222" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) said the bill would not go to the Rules Committee, a move that would pave the way to a vote requiring only a simple majority for success, but stressed the legislation is not &#8220;dead&#8221; as members would &#8220;continue having talks.&#8221;
As evidenced by a <a href="https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/1869885482131243090" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tense debate</a> on the House floor, at least some of the Republican opposition to the spending legislation rests with how the bill will extend a suspension of the debt ceiling for another two years beyond January of next year, when the current suspension is slated to expire.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/SpeakerJohnson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SpeakerJohnson</a> on CR: &quot;This is Washington. This is how lawmaking is done&#8230;The only change in this legislation is that we are going to push the debt limit to January 30, 2027.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/x5FKmAhZWx">pic.twitter.com/x5FKmAhZWx</a>
&mdash; CSPAN (@cspan) <a href="https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1869892131780759765?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 19, 2024</a></blockquote>
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House Speaker <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mike-johnson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mike Johnson</a> (R-LA) pushed back on the criticism, saying to reporters before the bill failed, &#8220;Even though this vote would push the debt limit to 2027, it in no way reflects any lack of enthusiasm on our part to get about those serious cuts for the American people.&#8221;
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Congressional leaders initially revealed a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/congress-reveals-another-stopgap-bill-to-avert-government-shutdown" target="_blank" rel="noopener">1,547-page stopgap bill</a> that had been negotiated between the GOP-led House and Democrat-controlled Senate on Tuesday night. In the face of intense GOP backlash, House Republicans shaved down the length to 116 pages in the <a href="https://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20241216/American%20Relief%20Act%202025.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">latest version</a>.
<a href="https://x.com/liz_elkind/status/1869844847169024262" target="_blank" rel="noopener">According</a> to <a href="https://x.com/MZanona/status/1869845128170614956" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reports</a>, <a href="https://x.com/MZanona/status/1869845128170614956" target="_blank" rel="noopener">top-line</a> takeaways from the new deal include a three-month CR, two-year suspension of the debt ceiling until January 2027, a &#8220;clean&#8221; farm bill package, $110 billion disaster package, clean health extenders without pharmacy benefit manager reform, <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/paygo/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PAYGO Scorecard</a> wiped to zero, and no <a href="https://ethanolproducer.com/articles/short-term-funding-bill-includes-e15-farm-bill-provisions" target="_blank" rel="noopener">E15 provisions</a> in a blow to the ethanol industry.
Trump <a href="https://x.com/karolineleavitt/status/1869851595648970941" target="_blank" rel="noopener">celebrated</a> the new version of legislation and encouraged lawmakers to vote in favor of it. He alluded to his forthcoming second term and GOP control of Congress, saying, &#8220;Now we can Make America Great Again, very quickly, which is what the People gave us a mandate to accomplish.&#8221;
Provisions cut from the original <a href="https://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20241216/CR.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CR</a> include a pay raise for lawmakers, the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/spending-proposal-reauthorizes-state-dept-agency-tied-to-domestic-censorship-effort" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reauthorization</a> of a State Department agency critics say is at the center of a government “censorship scheme,&#8221; and a section allowing the transfer of jurisdiction of the RFK stadium site from the federal government to Washington, D.C.
Other elements from the initial CR legislation seem to have made it in some form or another into the Republicans&#8217; revamped measure, such as funds for the <a href="https://x.com/bresreports/status/1869180846101447119" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rebuilding</a> of Maryland&#8217;s Francis Scott Key Bridge, which was devastated by a ship collision earlier this year, and some other items.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/elon-musk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Elon Musk</a>, who has been tasked with helping to lead the new <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/department-of-government-efficiency-doge" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)</a>, and Trump condemned the initial CR. Many Republicans piled on what they slammed as the <a href="https://x.com/JohnCornyn/status/1869467103021121631" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;cramnibus,&#8221;</a> prompting House GOP leadership to begin work on the Plan B offering.
Many Democrats criticized their GOP colleagues for torpedoing the original CR deal after weeks of negotiations. In a statement, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said, &#8220;Republicans are doing the bidding of their billionaire benefactors at the expense of hardworking Americans.&#8221;

Mike Johnson

House Fails To Pass Trump-Backed Spending Deal In First Go

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-house-of-representatives" target="_blank" rel="noopener">House</a> Republicans agreed Thursday on a revamped stopgap bill to avert a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/government-shutdown" target="_blank" rel="noopener">government shutdown</a> by the end of the week after the previous continuing resolution (CR) packed with a bunch of add-ons quickly collapsed in the face of opposition from many congressional Republicans, President-elect <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a>, and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/elon-musk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Elon Musk</a>.
Top-line takeaways from the <a href="https://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20241216/American%20Relief%20Act%202025.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">new deal</a> include a three-month CR, two-year suspension of the debt ceiling until January 2027, a &#8220;clean&#8221; farm bill package, $110 billion disaster package, clean health extenders without pharmacy benefit manager reform, <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/paygo/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PAYGO Scorecard</a> wiped to zero, and no <a href="https://ethanolproducer.com/articles/short-term-funding-bill-includes-e15-farm-bill-provisions" target="_blank" rel="noopener">E15 provisions</a> in a blow to the ethanol industry, <a href="https://x.com/liz_elkind/status/1869844847169024262" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to multiple <a href="https://x.com/MZanona/status/1869845128170614956" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reports</a>.
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1,547 pages ➡️ 116 pages overnight. 
Trump’s <a href="https://twitter.com/DOGE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DOGE</a> team in action. <a href="https://t.co/sAxa5y74Qb">pic.twitter.com/sAxa5y74Qb</a>
&mdash; Congressman Dan Meuser (@RepMeuser) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepMeuser/status/1869858500639371613?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 19, 2024</a></blockquote>
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On Truth Social, Trump <a href="https://x.com/karolineleavitt/status/1869851595648970941" target="_blank" rel="noopener">celebrated</a> the legislation — which was shaved down from 1,547 pages in its original form to 116 pages in the latest version — and encouraged lawmakers to vote in favor of it.
&#8220;SUCCESS in Washington! Speaker Mike Johnson and the House have come to a very good Deal for the American People. The newly agreed to American Relief Act of 2024 will keep the Government open, fund our Great Farmers and others, and provide relief for those severely impacted by the devastating hurricanes,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;A VERY important piece, VITAL to the America First Agenda, was added as well &#8211; The date of the very unnecessary Debt Ceiling will be pushed out two years, to January 30, 2027. Now we can Make America Great Again, very quickly, which is what the People gave us a mandate to accomplish. All Republicans, and even the Democrats, should do what is best for our Country, and vote &#8216;YES&#8217; for this Bill, TONIGHT!&#8221;
While a timeline was not immediately announced, The Washington Examiner&#8217;s Cami Mondeaux <a href="https://x.com/cami_mondeaux/status/1869847150768861196" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> on X that one lawmaker said members have been told a vote on the plan could happen at 6 or 7 p.m. ET.
But House Republican leadership &#8220;does not currently have same-day authority, which allows them to vote on a rule the same day it comes out of the Rules Committee,&#8221; Punchbowl News&#8217; Jake Sherman <a href="https://x.com/JakeSherman/status/1869853123348705355" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a> to X, adding, &#8220;They will need a rule for this bill — dont think there&#8217;s a prayer it passes on suspension,&#8221; which would require a two-thirds majority to succeed. He further <a href="https://x.com/JakeSherman/status/1869854859081757043" target="_blank" rel="noopener">explained</a> that many Democrats would be needed to pass it in such a way.
&#8220;When it fails — and it will, most likely — the GOP leadership will go to Rules and get a rule and then vote on it again. The second time will be under a simple majority as long as they can get a rule out of the Rules Committee,&#8221; Sherman said. &#8220;The first vote allows them to see who is against it and whip it.&#8221;
If the deal passes the GOP-led House, it would then head over to the Democrat-controlled Senate for consideration. The deadline to stave off a shutdown is midnight on Friday. Whatever may get through Congress would then be sent to President Joe Biden to sign.
The original <a href="https://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20241216/CR.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CR</a> introduced by congressional leaders on Tuesday evening was filled with all kinds of add-ons that appear to have been cut from the new deal, including a pay raise for lawmakers, the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/spending-proposal-reauthorizes-state-dept-agency-tied-to-domestic-censorship-effort" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reauthorization</a> of a State Department agency critics say is at the center of a government “censorship scheme,&#8221; and a section allowing the transfer jurisdiction of the RFK stadium site from the federal government to Washington, D.C. The revamped bill retains funds for the <a href="https://x.com/bresreports/status/1869180846101447119" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rebuilding</a> of Maryland&#8217;s Francis Scott Key Bridge, which was devastated by a ship collision earlier this year, and some other items.
Musk, who has been tasked with helping to lead the new <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/department-of-government-efficiency-doge" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)</a>, and Trump condemned the initial CR offering. Emboldened by their opposition, many Republicans said they would not vote for what they slammed as the <a href="https://x.com/JohnCornyn/status/1869467103021121631" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;cramnibus,&#8221;</a> signaling that it would not be able to pass without the support of Democrats in the House. Amid the firestorm, House Republicans began work on a Plan B while Democrat leaders <a href="https://x.com/bresreports/status/1869542348650344750" target="_blank" rel="noopener">indicated</a> they <a href="https://x.com/thehill/status/1869786286560542948" target="_blank" rel="noopener">preferred</a> the original plan.
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In a joint <a href="https://x.com/JDVance/status/1869495076604227726" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> on Wednesday evening with Sen. JD Vance (R-OH), the vice president-elect, Trump said Congress should pass a temporary funding bill only if it includes a debt ceiling increase and no &#8220;DEMOCRAT GIVEAWAYS.&#8221; On Wednesday night, after leaving House Speaker Mike Johnson&#8217;s (R-LA) office, Vance <a href="https://x.com/cristina_corujo/status/1869509292778463694" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told reporters</a> they had a <a href="https://x.com/AnnieGrayerCNN/status/1869575481072533661" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;productive conversation&#8221;</a> and noted that Trump supports &#8220;a clean CR so long as it contains a debt limit increase.&#8221;
Congress last passed <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/senate-passes-debt-ceiling-bill-to-avert-default-ahead-of-x-date" target="_blank" rel="noopener">legislation</a> to address the debt ceiling in the late spring of 2023. That measure, negotiated under then-Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), suspended the debt limit until January 2025, staving off a U.S. debt default, and sought to implement various restraints on spending that would be able to reduce budget deficits by an estimated $1.5 trillion over the next decade.

Speaker Mike Johnson

‘SUCCESS’: House GOP Spending Deal Gets Trump Stamp Of Approval Ahead Of Vote

Government Shutdown

With the collapse on Wednesday of a bloated stopgap bill to avert a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/government-shutdown" target="_blank" rel="noopener">government shutdown</a> by the end of the week, there has been a push among Republican members of Congress to pass a &#8220;clean&#8221; continuing resolution (CR) without all the add-ons that doomed the initial measure. But the final product may yet have some, albeit fewer additions than what critics derided as the <a href="https://x.com/JohnCornyn/status/1869467103021121631" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;cramnibus.&#8221;</a>
After President-elect <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> came out against the bloated CR negotiated by leaders in the GOP-led House and Democrat-controlled Senate, Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) <a href="https://x.com/SenMikeLee/status/1869489204415348851" target="_blank" rel="noopener">declared</a>: &#8220;Well, that’s that. Time to pass a real CLEAN CR. Next time we can save a few trees and leave the 1547 page monstrosities in the drafts folder.&#8221;
By advocating for a &#8220;clean&#8221; CR, lawmakers on Capitol Hill are pushing for a bill that would temporarily fund the federal government without being filled with the pork often packed into massive spending bills. As Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) pointed out, the <a href="https://www.congress.gov/118/plaws/publ83/PLAW-118publ83.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">last CR</a> in September was <a href="https://x.com/RepNancyMace/status/1869458107828736197" target="_blank" rel="noopener">just 21 pages</a>.
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The <a href="https://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20241216/CR.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CR</a> introduced by congressional leaders on Tuesday night sought <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/congress-reveals-another-stopgap-bill-to-avert-government-shutdown" target="_blank" rel="noopener">to provide</a> funds to the federal government through March 14, 2025, allocate more than <a href="https://x.com/cami_mondeaux/status/1869167167071236572" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$100 billion in disaster aid</a>, boost farmers, implement some healthcare reforms, finance the <a href="https://x.com/bresreports/status/1869180846101447119" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rebuilding</a> of Maryland&#8217;s devastated Francis Scott Key Bridge, create a <a href="https://x.com/jamiedupree/status/1869363001092091966" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pay raise</a> for Congress, and much more.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/elon-musk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Elon Musk</a>, who has been tasked with helping to lead the new <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/department-of-government-efficiency-doge" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)</a>, and Trump condemned the legislation. Emboldened by their opposition, many Republicans said they would not vote for the CR, signaling that it would not be able to pass without bipartisan support in the House. Amid the firestorm, the House leaders began work on a Plan B.
In a joint <a href="https://x.com/JDVance/status/1869495076604227726" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> with Sen. JD Vance (R-OH), the vice president-elect, Trump said Congress should pass a temporary funding bill only if it includes a debt ceiling increase and no &#8220;DEMOCRAT GIVEAWAYS.&#8221; On Wednesday night, after leaving House Speaker Mike Johnson&#8217;s (R-LA) office, Vance <a href="https://x.com/cristina_corujo/status/1869509292778463694" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told reporters</a> they had a <a href="https://x.com/AnnieGrayerCNN/status/1869575481072533661" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;productive conversation&#8221;</a> and noted that Trump supports &#8220;a clean CR so long as it contains a debt limit increase.&#8221;
Congress last passed <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/senate-passes-debt-ceiling-bill-to-avert-default-ahead-of-x-date" target="_blank" rel="noopener">legislation</a> to address the debt ceiling in the late spring of 2023. That measure, negotiated under then-Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), suspended the debt limit until January 2025, staving off a U.S. debt default, and sought to implement various restraints on spending that would be able to reduce budget deficits by an estimated $1.5 trillion over the next decade.
On Thursday, POLITICO <a href="https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/12/19/congress/johnson-trump-discuss-new-stopgap-plan-00195312" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cited</a> GOP sources who said that Johnson and Trump&#8217;s team were discussing a new plan to avert a shutdown, including a CR, disaster aid, pushing off the debt limit fight for two years, and a one-year farm bill extension. Democrat leaders have <a href="https://x.com/bresreports/status/1869542348650344750" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> indicated they <a href="https://x.com/thehill/status/1869786286560542948" target="_blank" rel="noopener">prefer</a> the original plan.

Where The Spending Fight In Congress Stands After ‘Cramnibus’ Implodes

National Debt

President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> signed a bill into law on Saturday to avoid a default on the federal government’s debt by raising the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/debt-ceiling" target="_blank" rel="noopener">debt ceiling</a>.
The bill, known as the Fiscal Responsibility Act, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/senate-passes-debt-ceiling-bill-to-avert-default-ahead-of-x-date" target="_blank" rel="noopener">will suspend</a> the debt limit until January 2025 and implement restraints on spending that the Congressional Budget Office estimated would reduce budget deficits by $1.5 trillion over the next decade. 
“I just signed into law a bipartisan budget agreement that prevents a first-ever default while reducing the deficit, safeguarding Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, and fulfilling our [sacred] obligation to our veterans,” Biden said on Twitter. “Now, we continue the work of building the strongest economy in the world.”
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I just signed into law a bipartisan budget agreement that prevents a first-ever default while reducing the deficit, safeguarding Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, and fulfilling our scared obligation to our veterans.   Now, we continue the work of building the strongest… <a href="https://t.co/42HIFBy8Y9">pic.twitter.com/42HIFBy8Y9</a>
&mdash; President Biden (@POTUS) <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/1665060615000322050?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 3, 2023</a></blockquote>
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The bill was hashed out through a deal between House Speaker <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kevin-mccarthy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kevin McCarthy</a> (R-CA) and Biden. It passed both the House and the Senate with more Democrat votes in favor than Republican, with some conservative lawmakers saying that it didn’t cut down on spending enough. 
In the House, 149 Republicans joined 165 Democrats in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-passes-mccarthy-biden-debt-ceiling-compromise-bill" target="_blank" rel="noopener">voting for</a> the bill, while in the Senate 17 Republicans joined 46 Democrats in supporting the measure. 
The bill was supported by leadership in both parties, including Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and McCarthy in the House. 
“We prevented a catastrophic default that would have decimated our economy and [inflicted] immense pain on families,” Schumer <a href="https://twitter.com/SenSchumer/status/1664470685224140801" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweeted</a>. “We preserved the lion’s share of the historic investments we made. We took off the table the worst parts of the MAGA Republican plan that would have hurt families.”
The bill was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/a-disaster-republican-senators-voice-opposition-to-mccarthy-biden-debt-ceiling-deal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">strongly opposed</a> by many Republican senators, including Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) and Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY). 
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“I think the Biden-McCarthy debt deal is a disaster for the country. It does not significantly change the trajectory of the debt. Each year we’ll spend more money and the debt will grow $4 trillion in two years. It’s not very conservative,” Paul <a href="https://www.kktv.com/video/2023/05/31/sen-rand-paul-reacts-deal-debt-ceiling/">told</a> reporters this week.
In the House, the bill was opposed by many in the House Freedom Caucus, who took issue with many aspects of the deal, including the provision that punts the debt ceiling into 2025. 
McCarthy declared the deal a win for conservatives. “Maybe it doesn’t do everything for everyone, but this is a step in the right direction that no one thought that we would be able to today,” <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/speaker-kevin-mccarthy-touts-wins-conservatives-secured-in-tentative-debt-ceiling-agreement" target="_blank" rel="noopener">McCarthy said</a>. “I’ll debate this bill with anybody. Is it everything I wanted? No, because we don’t control all of it. But it is the biggest rescission in history. It is the biggest cut Congress has ever voted for in that process.”

President Biden Addresses The Nation On Averting Default And The Bipartisan Budget Agreement

Biden Signs Bill To Increase Debt Ceiling, Avoid Federal Default

Freedom Caucus

Joe Biden

Kevin McCarthy

The Senate passed bipartisan legislation Thursday night that aims to avert a U.S. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/debt-ceiling" target="_blank" rel="noopener">debt default</a>.
After a series of amendments failed, the upper chamber voted 63-36 to send <a href="https://rules.house.gov/bill/118/hr-fiscal-responsibility-act" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Fiscal Responsibility Act</a> to the White House where President Joe Biden is expected to sign the bill. Senate leaders quickly lauded the bill&#8217;s passage while taking shots at each other&#8217;s party.
&#8220;We prevented a catastrophic default that would have decimated our economy and [inflicted] immense pain on families,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/SenSchumer/status/1664470685224140801" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweeted</a> Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY). &#8220;We preserved the lion’s share of the historic investments we made. We took off the table the worst parts of the MAGA Republican plan that would have hurt families.&#8221;
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) released a <a href="https://www.republicanleader.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/senate-passes-bipartisan-debt-limit-agreement-" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> that said: “Thanks to House Republicans’ efforts, the Fiscal Responsibility Act avoids the catastrophic consequences of default and begins to curb Washington Democrats’ addiction to reckless spending that grows our nation’s debt.&#8221;
The legislation, which arose out of an agreement struck between White House officials and Speaker <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kevin-mccarthy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kevin McCarthy</a> (R-CA), comes ahead of what has become known as the &#8220;X-date&#8221; on June 5, when Treasury Secretary Janet Yelen predicted reserves could run out.
The Treasury Department has been enacting “extraordinary measures” since earlier this year when the United States hit its statutory limit of roughly $31.4 trillion and warned of dire economic consequences if the country was unable to reach a deal to lift the debt ceiling.
The legislation <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/29/business/debt-ceiling-agreement.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">suspends the debt limit until January 2025</a> and implements restraints on spending that the Congressional Budget Office estimated would <a href="https://www.cbo.gov/system/files/2023-05/hr3746_Letter_McCarthy.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reduce budget deficits</a> by $1.5 trillion over the next decade. As noted by McConnell in his statement, the bill also begins &#8220;to reform the infrastructure permitting process, finally rescind unspent COVID dollars, and cut spending at the IRS.&#8221;
While the bill did receive a bipartisan consensus, as underscored by a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-passes-mccarthy-biden-debt-ceiling-compromise-bill" target="_blank" rel="noopener">vote in the House on Wednesday</a> with more than 100 Republicans and Democrats each supporting the measure, there were detractors in both parties.
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Conservatives generally argued that the bill did not go far enough in reducing spending while leftist lawmakers pushed back on certain provisions, such as the <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4028920-progressives-vent-frustration-as-debt-limit-bill-nears-final-vote/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">expansion of some requirements for food stamps</a>.
&#8220;No one gets everything they want in a negotiation, but make no mistake: this bipartisan agreement is a big win for our economy and the American people,&#8221; Biden said in a statement Thursday evening.
The president said he looks forward to signing the bill into law &#8220;as soon as possible&#8221; and addressing the American people on Friday.

Chuck Schumer

Senate Passes Debt Ceiling Bill To Avert Default Ahead Of ‘X-Date’

Senate Passes Debt Ceiling Bill To Avert Default Ahead Of 'X-Date'

Mitch McConnell

Senate

U.S.

This week, Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and President Joe Biden cut a deal to raise the debt limit. The breakthrough came after three months of Biden pledging not to even negotiate over the debt limit. Instead, Biden was forced to concede to a 1% cap on increases for non-military spending, a cutback on IRS funding, a clawback of some unspent COVID allocations, and the addition of work requirements for some federal aid. The compromise deal was indeed far less than House Republicans had demanded, as Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) tweeted, “After factoring in a small cut to discretionary spending over the next 2 yrs, we are still talking about ~$6T more or less in spending bc of large increases in spending elsewhere….Govt grew massively over the past 3 years. This growth was supposed to be emergency funding only during COVID. During this time, govt grew 40% or by $2 trillion from 2019 to 2023. We went from spending just over $4T to spending just over $6T.”
Every word of that critique is true. Compared to conservative ideals, the compromise bill is indeed a flaming bag of fiscal manure. But conservative ideals weren’t on the table. Biden is the president. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) — thanks in large part to the tender 2020 ministrations of President Trump in the Georgia Senate runoffs and his further interference in the 2022 Senate races in Georgia, Arizona, New Hampshire, and Pennsylvania — is still the Senate majority leader. This means that Republicans were never going to get a big win on budgetary matters.
For that matter, Republicans couldn’t even get a big win on budgetary matters from 2016 to 2018, when they controlled both houses of Congress and Trump was actually president. In fact, Trump campaigned in 2016 against changes to entitlement programs, which represent the biggest driver of our national spending addiction — some 62% of federal spending annually. Combine that spending with 10% of our spending on net interest and another 13% or so on defense spending, and the discretionary outlays at issue represent under $1 trillion. That’s a lot of money, to be sure, but making serious cuts to that number would still put our budget in the $5 trillion range.
The reality is that our budgetary debates are generally about shifting deck chairs on the fiscal Titanic. By 2053, we will be dedicating in excess of 21% of our national budget to debt service alone. Mandatory spending will constitute 58% of our spending. We aren’t going to cut our way out of this problem by targeting discretionary spending in the main.
But nobody will touch the real drivers of our budgetary bloat and economic stagnation — Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. To do so would risk the wrath of entrenched interests in the United States. So instead, we’ll simply increase the size and scope of federal spending, placing an unsustainable burden on our economy, then eventually mandating vastly increased taxes or serious austerity measures. There is no third path forward.
Our politicians know this. But they’re in the business of kicking cans down the road while posturing over the placement of the deck chairs. The iceberg looms, but their re-election efforts rely almost completely on ignoring its presence as we bear down, full speed, on our fiscal doom.

Ben Shapiro 2

Our Fake Spending Debates

Ben Shapiro

Biden Administration

Federal Government

Readers Pass

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the debt ceiling compromise <a href="https://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20230529/BILLS-118hrPIH-fiscalresponsibility.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bill</a> on Wednesday that suspends the $31 trillion debt limit until a lame-duck session after the 2024 presidential election.
After an hour of debate, lawmakers advanced House Speaker Kevin McCarthy&#8217;s (R-CA) Fiscal Responsibility Act, a debt ceiling deal made with President Joe Biden that caused 71 Republicans and 46 Democrats to oppose the legislation. The final vote was 314 to 117 — 149 Republicans joining 165 Democrats.
&#8220;We&#8217;re finally bending the curve on discretionary spending because of this bill, and we&#8217;re doing it while at the same time raising our national defense and our veterans fully funded, with Social Security and Medicare preserved,&#8221; McCarthy said in a speech on the House floor, adding, &#8220;That is a major victory.&#8221;
After weeks of negotiations, Biden and McCarthy reached an &#8220;agreement in principle&#8221; over Memorial weekend.
Biden said the passage is a &#8220;critical step forward&#8221; to prevent a first-ever national economic default while touting the agreement&#8217;s Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid protections.
&#8220;Tonight, the House took a critical step forward to prevent a first-ever default and protect our country&#8217;s hard-earned and historic economic recovery,&#8221; Biden said, according to <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/live-blog/debt-ceiling-vote-live-updates-house-will-take-biden-mccarthy-plan-ton-rcna86870" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NBC News</a>. &#8220;This budget agreement is a bipartisan compromise. Neither side got everything it wanted. That&#8217;s the responsibility of governing.&#8221;
&#8220;It protects critical programs that millions of hardworking families, students, and veterans count on,&#8221; Biden said. &#8220;I have been clear that the only path forward is a bipartisan compromise that can earn the support of both parties. This agreement meets that test.&#8221;
Leading the GOP charge against the compromise, which would suspend the debt limit until January 2025 in exchange for various restraints on spending, was the conservative House Freedom Caucus, which views the agreement as being too watered down and weak on spending cuts.
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&#8220;No one sent us here to borrow an additional $4 trillion to get absolutely nothing in return,&#8221; Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/31/us/politics/debt-ceiling-house-vote.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> said.
The Congressional Budget Office <a href="https://abc7.com/debt-ceiling-vote-house-rules-committee-time/13323085/#:~:text=The%2099%2Dpage%20bill%20would,default%20while%20limiting%20government%20spending.&amp;text=The%20House%20voted%20to%20pass,in%20averting%20a%20potential%20default." target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> said the debt would reduce by $1.5 trillion over the decade under the spending restrictions.
The bill now heads to the Senate, the members of which expect to take some immediate procedural steps. Biden has urged lawmakers to pass the bill before the U.S. defaults on its debt on June 5.

The House Debates Debt Limit Legislation As Default Draws Near

House Passes McCarthy-Biden Debt Ceiling Compromise Bill

Republican Party

White House Press Secretary <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/karine-jean-pierre-claims-house-republicans-could-cause-the-single-biggest-threat-to-the-economy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Karine Jean-Pierre</a> claimed during a recent briefing that President Joe Biden has &#8220;said from the beginning that he would negotiate with Republicans on a budget just like it has been done every year.&#8221;
But according to a series of clips compiled by RNC Research (@RNCResearch), Jean-Pierre has spent weeks — if not months – saying the exact opposite and promising that Biden would not negotiate on the debt ceiling.
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In the series of clips, compiled over months of daily White House press briefings, Jean-Pierre could be heard saying things like:
<ul>
<li>February 2, 2023: &#8220;We don&#8217;t see any negotiation here. We don&#8217;t see anything that needs to be discussed.&#8221;</li>
<li>February 10, 2023: &#8220;It&#8217;s pretty simple and it&#8217;s pretty straightforward, we believe that Congress has a constitutional duty to get this done.&#8221;</li>
<li>February 16, 2023: &#8220;The president&#8217;s stance on negotiations stands, right, which is that he does not believe as it relates to the debt ceiling, that we should be negotiating.&#8221;</li>
<li>March 2, 2023: &#8220;We&#8217;ve been very clear: we&#8217;re not going to negotiate on the debt ceiling.&#8221;</li>
<li>March 6, 2023: &#8220;We never came to the table to negotiate on the debt ceiling. That was not something that occurred, that is not something that&#8217;s happening, we&#8217;ve been very clear we&#8217;re not negotiating around the debt ceiling.&#8221;</li>
<li>March 29, 2023: &#8220;When you think about the debt limit, it is not negotiable.&#8221;</li>
<li>March 30, 2023: &#8220;We should not be negotiating on the debt ceiling.&#8221;</li>
<li>April 5, 2023: &#8220;There&#8217;s no negotiation that we will be having.&#8221;</li>
<li>April 6, 2023: &#8220;The debt ceiling, it should be done without negotiation.&#8221;</li>
<li>April 19, 2023: &#8220;There should be no negotiation, this should be done without conditions.&#8221;</li>
<li>April 20, 2023: &#8220;We should not have to negotiate on this.&#8221;</li>
<li>April 24, 2023: &#8220;Look, we&#8217;ve been very clear: we&#8217;re not going to negotiate.&#8221;</li>
<li>April 25, 2023: &#8220;We&#8217;re just not going to negotiate on that.&#8221;</li>
<li>April 27, 2023: &#8220;The president said yesterday he&#8217;s happy to meet with Speaker McCarthy, but not on whether or not the debt limit gets extended. That is not negotiable and we have been very clear about this.&#8221;</li>
<li>May 1, 2023: &#8220;The president said, he&#8217;s happy to meet with McCarthy, but not on whether the debt limit gets extended. That&#8217;s not negotiable.&#8221;</li>
<li>May 2, 2023: &#8220;He is not going to negotiate on the debt ceiling. We&#8217;ve been very clear, that is not going to change.&#8221;</li>
<li>May 8, 2023: &#8220;I mean, we&#8217;ve been very clear. There shouldn&#8217;t be negotiations.&#8221;</li>
<li>May 9, 2023: &#8220;This is not negotiable.&#8221;</li>
<li>May 12, 2023: &#8220;We are not going to negotiate.&#8221;</li>
<li>May 16, 2023: &#8220;There&#8217;s no negotiating around the debt limit.&#8221;</li>
</ul>
McCarthy and Biden have come to a tentative agreement, but a number of House Republicans have already said that they plan to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/band-of-house-republicans-stand-against-debt-ceiling-deal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">oppose the deal</a>, saying that it does not do enough to curtail spending.

Press Briefing Held By Secretary Jean-Pierre At The White House

KJP Claims Biden Has Always Been Willing To Negotiate On The Debt Ceiling. Video Evidence Says Otherwise.

KJP Claims Biden Has Always Been Willing To Negotiate. Video Evidence Says Otherwise.

Karine Jean-Pierre

White House

Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-manchin" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Manchin</a> (D-WV) is poised to score a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/oil-and-gas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">natural gas</a> pipeline victory with the bipartisan <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/debt-ceiling" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bill to raise the debt ceiling</a>.
A provision in the <a href="https://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20230529/BILLS-118hrPIH-fiscalresponsibility.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023</a>, which arose out of negotiations between the White House and Speaker <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kevin-mccarthy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kevin McCarthy</a> (R-CA), aims to expedite the completion of the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP), which stretches over 300 miles from <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/west-virginia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">West Virginia</a> to southern Virginia.
&#8220;Last summer, I introduced legislation to complete the Mountain Valley Pipeline. I am pleased Speaker McCarthy and his leadership team see the tremendous value in completing the MVP to increase domestic energy production and drive down costs across America and especially in West Virginia,&#8221; <a href="https://www.manchin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/icymi-manchin-secures-mvp-in-debt-ceiling-agreement" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Manchin said</a> in a statement.
&#8220;I am proud to have fought for this critical project and to have secured the bipartisan support necessary to get it across the finish line,&#8221; he added.
Under the debt ceiling legislation, federal agencies are directed to authorize outstanding permits for the pipeline. The bill also dictates that no court shall have jurisdiction to review their actions. Any challenges to this provision would be decided by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, a shift away from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit that has issued a ruling <a href="https://www.wboy.com/news/west-virginia/mountain-valley-pipelines-water-permit-blocked-by-federal-court/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">holding up constriction</a> of the pipeline.
The MVP website says total project work for the pipeline was <a href="https://www.mountainvalleypipeline.info/overview/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">about 94% complete</a> as of spring 2023.
The White House agreed to include the pipeline language in the bill to make good on a commitment to accelerate energy infrastructure permitting as part of an arrangement with Manchin to secure his support for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-signs-740-billion-inflation-reduction-act" target="_blank" rel="noopener">last year&#8217;s Inflation Reduction Act</a>, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/05/31/debt-deal-mountain-valley-pipeline/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to The Washington Post</a>. &#8220;It was going to move forward with or without this bill,&#8221; White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters on Tuesday.
Environmental groups are unhappy with the MVP provision being tucked into the debt ceiling bill.
“The Sierra Club calls on Congress to reject this deal and swiftly pass a clean bill,&#8221; Sierra Club executive director Ben Jealous <a href="https://www.sierraclub.org/press-releases/2023/05/sierra-club-calls-congress-reject-bad-debt-limit-deal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said in a statement</a>. &#8220;Any deal that attempts to expedite the fracked gas Mountain Valley Pipeline, that rolls back bedrock environmental protections, and makes life harder for workers and families already struggling is a bad deal for the country.&#8221;
The bill is expected to get a full House vote Wednesday evening, and if it passes, the legislation will head to the Senate for approval. But there is some opposition to the MVP provision among lawmakers, including Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA), who plans to offer an amendment to remove it, according to his office.
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“Senator Kaine is extremely disappointed by the provision of the bill to greenlight the controversial Mountain Valley Pipeline in Virginia, bypassing the normal judicial and administrative review process every other energy project has to go through,” a Kaine spokesperson <a href="https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4026806-manchin-pipeline-in-debt-ceiling-deal-prompts-democratic-pushback/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told The Hill</a>.
&#8220;This provision is completely unrelated to the debt ceiling matter,&#8221; the spokesperson added. &#8220;He plans to file an amendment to remove this harmful Mountain Valley Pipeline provision.&#8221;

Sen. Joe Manchin

Debt Ceiling Bill Would Give Manchin A Gas Pipeline Win

Energy

Joe Manchin

Natural gas

Oil and Gas

West Virginia

As a deal hashed out between President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> and House Speaker <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kevin-mccarthy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kevin McCarthy</a> (R-CA) to avoid a U.S. debt default makes its way through <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/congress" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Congress</a>, several Republican senators have already come out against the bill, saying that it does not go far enough to cut spending. 
Those opposed to the deal, known as the <a href="https://rules.house.gov/bill/118/hr-fiscal-responsibility-act" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fiscal Responsibility Act</a>, include Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO), and Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), while others have expressed concerns about the bill in its current form. 
“I think the Biden-McCarthy debt deal is a disaster for the country. It does not significantly change the trajectory of the debt. Each year we’ll spend more money and the debt will grow $4 trillion in two years. It’s not very conservative,” Paul <a href="https://www.kktv.com/video/2023/05/31/sen-rand-paul-reacts-deal-debt-ceiling/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> reporters this week. 
Paul added that he planned on introducing a “conservative alternative” to the deal, which <a href="https://www.paul.senate.gov/dr-rand-paul-announces-conservative-alternative-to-biden-mccarthy-debt-deal/#:~:text=WASHINGTON%2C%20D.C.%20%E2%80%93%20Today%2C%20U.S.,responsible%20reforms%20and%20necessary%20cuts." target="_blank" rel="noopener">would implemen</a>t a $500 billion hike on the debt ceiling to allow Congress more time to negotiate, put caps on total spending, and mandate that increases in federal outlays cannot exceed increases in federal revenue. 
Lee previously <a href="https://twitter.com/BasedMikeLee/status/1661716721575804928" target="_blank" rel="noopener">promised</a> to use any procedural tool necessary to “impede” a debt ceiling deal that he believed did not cut spending enough, and he has voiced opposition to the agreement as it currently stands. 
“I believe McCarthy was misled, not malicious in signing onto this deal. But the deal simply does not do what its proponents claim it does — not even close. It’s time to go back to the drawing board or, even better, go back to what the House already passed,” Lee <a href="https://twitter.com/BasedMikeLee/status/1663666847697207296" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. 
Cruz <a href="https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1662883736386404352" target="_blank" rel="noopener">referred</a> to the deal as a “blank check” for Biden, saying that it gave Democrats “$4 trillion things” that they wanted. Hawley <a href="https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article275902901.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> the Kansas City Star that he opposed the deal because it didn’t address America’s trade deficit with China. 
“I think until we get serious about that, we can talk about fiddling with this or that set of numbers but until we get serious about really correcting that imbalance and bringing back jobs and industry, we’re not going to make the change that we need to see,” he said. 
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Meanwhile, Ohio Republican Senator J.D. Vance <a href="https://twitter.com/JDVance1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> he was a “firm no” to the proposal in its current form, and South Carolina Republican Senator Lindsey Graham <a href="https://twitter.com/LindseyGrahamSC/status/1663245067509694477?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">expressed</a> concern over spending cuts in the deal. 
The McCarthy-Biden agreement <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/debt-ceiling-bill-house-rules-committee-vote/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">advanced past</a> the House Rules Committee in a 7-6 vote on Tuesday afternoon, with key conservatives Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) and Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) voting against and Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) voting in favor. 
House leadership has expressed confidence that they will have enough votes to get the deal through the lower chamber though it will face opposition from members of the House Freedom Caucus, meaning it will likely require Democrat votes to pass.
McCarthy has acknowledged the bill&#8217;s detractors but said it was the best they could do with a Democrat-controlled Senate and presidency.
“Maybe it doesn’t do everything for everyone, but this is a step in the right direction that no one thought that we would be able to today,” <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/speaker-kevin-mccarthy-touts-wins-conservatives-secured-in-tentative-debt-ceiling-agreement" target="_blank" rel="noopener">McCarthy said</a>. “I’ll debate this bill with anybody. Is it everything I wanted? No, because we don’t control all of it. But it is the biggest rescission in history. It is the biggest cut Congress has ever voted for in that process.”

Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

‘A Disaster’: Republican Senators Voice Opposition To McCarthy-Biden Debt Ceiling Deal

Republican Senators Voice Opposition To McCarthy-Biden Debt Ceiling Deal

JD Vance

Josh Hawley

Lindsey Graham

Mike Lee

Rand Paul

Ted Cruz

As many as 20 House Republicans oppose the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nancy-mace-is-a-no-on-debt-ceiling-deal-outsmarted-by-a-president-who-cant-find-his-pants" target="_blank" rel="noopener">deal hashed out</a> between the White House and Speaker <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kevin-mccarthy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kevin McCarthy</a> (R-CA) to avoid a U.S. debt default.
Leading the GOP charge against the compromise, which would <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/29/business/debt-ceiling-agreement.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">suspend the debt limit until January 2025</a> in exchange for various restraints on spending, was the conservative House Freedom Caucus, which views the agreement as being too watered down. Their opposition, if it holds, means a bipartisan vote will be necessary for passage as Republicans hold a narrow majority in the lower chamber.
&#8220;This deal fails, fails completely,&#8221; Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA), chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, said <a href="https://twitter.com/FreedomWorks/status/1663583530096394245" target="_blank" rel="noopener">at a press conference</a> outside the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday. &#8220;We will do everything in our power to stop it and end it now,&#8221; he also said.
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⚠️ DEBT CEILING DEAL: &quot;Not one Republican should vote for this deal. It is a bad deal. No one sent us here to borrow an additional $4 trillion to get absolutely nothing in return.&quot; <a href="https://twitter.com/RepChipRoy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepChipRoy</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ampFW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ampFW</a> <a href="https://t.co/T5lHIWpKRQ">pic.twitter.com/T5lHIWpKRQ</a>
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&#8220;Not one Republican should vote for this deal,&#8221; said Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX), another member of the group. &#8220;No one sent us here to borrow an additional $4 trillion to get absolutely nothing in return,&#8221; he added.
Roy said McCarthy&#8217;s deal with the White House &#8220;at best, if I&#8217;m being really generous&#8221; offers &#8220;a spending freeze for a couple years.&#8221;
A third member opposed to the deal, Rep. Dan Bishop (R-NC), put his fellow GOP colleagues on notice. &#8220;This is a career-defining vote for every Republican,&#8221; he said.
Bishop also floated the use of the <a href="https://twitter.com/casssemyon/status/1663590752994066441" target="_blank" rel="noopener">motion to vacate the chair</a>. Under the current House rules, only one member is required to force a vote that could remove the speaker, however, a simple majority is needed for it to succeed.
<a href="https://rules.house.gov/bill/118/hr-fiscal-responsibility-act" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Fiscal Responsibility Act</a>, the text of which is <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118hr3746ih/xml/BILLS-118hr3746ih.xml" target="_blank" rel="noopener">available online</a>, arose out of an <a href="https://fortune.com/2023/05/27/biden-mccarthy-debt-ceiling-agreement-in-principle-work-requirement-food-stamps/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;agreement in principle&#8221;</a> reached between President Joe Biden and McCarthy over the weekend after weeks of negotiations. The legislation faces its first major test in the House Rules Committee on Tuesday where already dozens of amendments have been <a href="https://twitter.com/Olivia_Beavers/status/1663620059548221441" target="_blank" rel="noopener">offered by Republicans and Democrats alike</a>.
Barring any surprise hold-ups in the rules panel, a full House vote could happen as soon as Wednesday. At least 20 Republicans have rejected the deal, <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/30/debt-ceiling-deal-updates.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to CNBC</a>, which means several Democrats will need to get on board for the compromise to advance if the GOP holdouts do not change their stance.
While there has been some <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12133525/Rep-Jayapal-Dem-leadership-worry-progressives-supporting-Bidens-debt-ceiling-deal.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">dismay voiced</a> within leftist circles about the agreement, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said on Tuesday that Democrats will be watching whether the GOP can muster at least 150 votes, which would be about two-thirds of their conference. &#8220;Democrats are committed to making sure that we do our part and avoid a default,&#8221; <a href="https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/us-debt-ceiling-deadline-talks-05-30-23/h_6ed28d53e3df5b68a5b6265b2eee2c4d" target="_blank" rel="noopener">he added</a>, per CNN.
If the legislation passes the lower chamber, the bill also needs to be approved by the Democrat-led Senate before reaching Biden for a signature. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) <a href="https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/us-debt-ceiling-deadline-talks-05-30-23/h_beca69fb76b60e8b0ffaea0f6d90675a" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> he supports the bipartisan agreement between the White House and McCarthy.
Leaders in Congress have been scrambling to come up with a deal as Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen issued multiple warnings about how the United States may not be able to meet all its financial obligations <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/could-the-u-s-default-on-june-5-it-depends-2341a695" target="_blank" rel="noopener">as early as the first part of June</a>.
The Treasury Department said it has been enacting “extraordinary measures” since earlier this year when the United States hit its statutory limit of roughly $31.4 trillion, and has warned of dire economic consequences if the country is unable to reach a deal to lift the debt ceiling.
Certain House Republicans, including <a href="https://twitter.com/CoryMillsFL/status/1663524101409964034" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cory Mills (R-FL)</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/RepRussellFry/status/1663606024476020736" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Russell Fry (R-SC)</a>, lamented the apparent death of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gop-led-house-passes-mccarthys-plan-to-raise-debt-limit" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023</a>, a bill the GOP-led House passed last month that would allow the limit to be lifted by $1.5 trillion in exchange for spending cuts and reforms, in favor of a thinned-out compromise.
Perry tweeted out a comparison graph which described McCarthy&#8217;s agreement with Biden as a &#8220;&#8216;deal&#8217; with the Swamp.&#8221;
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&mdash; Rep. Scott Perry (@RepScottPerry) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepScottPerry/status/1663577526717890562?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 30, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepBoebert/status/1663609503693131776" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> she did not &#8220;come to Congress to rubber-stamp bankrupting our country,&#8221; and Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) <a href="https://twitter.com/FreedomWorks/status/1663608145799704577" target="_blank" rel="noopener">called out</a> what he described as a &#8220;crap deal that&#8217;s going to put you more in debt with no real changes whatsoever.&#8221;
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) said the debt ceiling agreement would be &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nancy-mace-is-a-no-on-debt-ceiling-deal-outsmarted-by-a-president-who-cant-find-his-pants" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a wash, spending-wise</a>&#8221; because the “small cut” to discretionary spending will be eclipsed by “large increases in spending elsewhere.”

Chip Roy of Freedom Caucus Speaks

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Daily Wire Editor Emeritus <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ben-shapiro" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ben Shapiro</a> contended that the recent <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/debt-ceiling" target="_blank" rel="noopener">debt ceiling</a> agreement between President <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/biden-administration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> and House Speaker <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/kevin-mccarthy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kevin McCarthy</a> (R-CA) occurs in the context of both Democrats and Republicans spending far beyond the nation’s means.
The debt ceiling, a statute established by <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/congress" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Congress</a> that prevents the government from spending beyond a predetermined <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/national-debt" target="_blank" rel="noopener">national debt</a> limit of $31.4 trillion, exceeded the threshold earlier this year, provoking concerns that the nation will default on loans within the next week at the earliest. McCarthy and Biden reached a <a href="https://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20230529/BILLS-118hrPIH-fiscalresponsibility.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">deal</a> which, among other measures, suspends the debt limit until 2025, caps spending growth for the next two years in areas except for defense and veterans, and expands food stamp work requirements for those between 49 and 54 years old.
Republican members of the House from both the more moderate and conservative factions, including Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) and Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX), have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nancy-mace-is-a-no-on-debt-ceiling-deal-outsmarted-by-a-president-who-cant-find-his-pants" target="_blank" rel="noopener">expressed</a> severe reservations about the agreement, contending that the deal will normalize higher spending established through pandemic relief measures. Republican leaders, on the other hand, <a href="https://www.speaker.gov/house-gop-leadership-statement-on-the-fiscal-responsibility-act/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">celebrated</a> the deal and said the agreement marks a landmark victory for the conference.
Shapiro <a href="https://twitter.com/benshapiro/status/1663538515005566976" target="_blank" rel="noopener">commented</a> on social media that any spending reform which does not significantly amend the welfare system is ultimately inconsequential. “I agree with every single critique of the shortcomings of the debt limit deal,” he remarked. “In a rational world, we wouldn&#8217;t just be fighting over discretionary spending, we&#8217;d be restructuring entitlements.”
The bestselling author and podcast host added that the agreement is a failure “compared to the ideal,” characterizing the compromise between Biden and McCarthy as “a giant bag of failure mixed with a heaping helping of bankruptcy.” He said that in comparison to the proposed debt ceiling increase with no spending reforms, however, the deal could be considered a “success.”
Shapiro also noted that many conservatives are “more agitated over McCarthy&#8217;s deal than they were with the fact that with Trump as president and full control of Congress, Republicans increased spending.” He <a href="https://twitter.com/benshapiro/status/1663563348649168896" target="_blank" rel="noopener">contended</a> that “every fiscal debate is basically about where to place the deck chairs on the Titanic” unless entitlement spending is addressed.
“Politicians all know this. But they&#8217;re incentivized to play kabuki theater over all the rest of the spending so as to avoid the third rail of American politics,” he said. “They kick the can down the road. The iceberg is right there, but they&#8217;re screaming about where the chairs should go.”
Social Security, Medicare, and other health initiatives constituted 46% of the federal budget during the last fiscal year, according to <a href="https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/americas-finance-guide/federal-spending/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">data</a> from the Treasury Department. In order to balance the budget while exempting defense, veteran benefits, Social Security, and Medicare from cuts, all other federal spending would have to be reduced by 85%, according to an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/federal-spending-must-be-cut-26-to-balance-budget-even-more-to-keep-core-social-defense-programs-intact-analysis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">analysis</a> from the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.
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Biden and McCarthy each <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sparing-the-sacred-cow-republicans-and-democrats-refuse-to-touch-social-security-as-debt-crisis-looms" target="_blank" rel="noopener">started</a> the debt limit negotiations with a commitment to refrain from considering reforms to entitlements. Social Security, as Shapiro observed, has long been considered the third rail of American politics: the vast majority of survey respondents have historically said they want benefits from the program retained, even as nearly half are concerned about continued funding for the program, according to an <a href="https://news.gallup.com/opinion/polling-matters/258335/social-security-american-public-opinion.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">analysis</a> from Gallup.

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Ben Shapiro Reacts To Debt Limit Deal, Hits Certain Republicans Over Spending Habits

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