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Conservative House Republicans are sounding the alarm over Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s debt ceiling deal with the Biden regime, which was just announced on Saturday night.
McCarthy has been taking victory laps since the deal was announced, calling it a “step in the right direction” in part because it doesn’t raise taxes.
“We were able to do this when the president said he wasn’t even going to talk to us,” McCarthy told anchor Shannon Bream on “Fox News Sunday.” “This is really a step in the right direction. That puts us [at] a trajectory that’s different. We put a statutory cap on only spending 1 percent for the next six years. So we let government grow but at a slower rate.”
But his conservative colleagues are claiming the deal is a disaster because Biden still gets to raise the debt ceiling by $4 trillion with no spending cap until 2025, well past the next election.
“This ‘deal’ is insanity,” claimed Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.). “A $4T debt ceiling increase with virtually no cuts is not what we agreed to. Not gonna vote to bankrupt our country. The American people deserve better.”
This “deal” is insanity.
A $4T debt ceiling increase with virtually no cuts is not what we agreed to.
Not gonna vote to bankrupt our country. The American people deserve better.
— Rep. Ralph Norman (@RepRalphNorman) May 28, 2023
Rep. Dan Bishop (R-N.C) pointed out that the deal effectively keeps in place the 87,000 IRS agents that were funded in Joe Biden’s “Inflation Reduction Act.”
Kevin says we can fight again NEXT year to rescind another year of the IRS $80 billion … but he simultaneously prevented that “fight” by agreeing to suspend the debt ceiling for TWO years.
So there will be 85,260 more IRS agents rather than 87,000 to eat you alive. Big win. https://t.co/CHRRIxFI4j
— Rep. Dan Bishop (@RepDanBishop) May 28, 2023
Of the $80 billion Democrats appropriated to the IRS over ten years, the “deal” rescinds $1.9 billion. You read that right. That’s the kind of “get” that’s so good McCarthy agreed to increase the debt ceiling $4 trillion.
— Rep. Dan Bishop (@RepDanBishop) May 28, 2023
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) joined in on House criticisms, claiming “conservatives have been sold out once again!”
“Fake conservatives agree to fake spending cuts. Deal will increase mandatory spending ~5%, increase military spending ~3%, and maintain current non-military discretionary spending at post-COVID levels. No real cuts to see here,” Paul tweeted Sunday.
Fake conservatives agree to fake spending cuts. Deal will increase mandatory spending ~5%, increase military spending ~3%, and maintain current non-military discretionary spending at post-COVID levels. No real cuts to see here.
Conservatives have been sold out once again!
— Rand Paul (@RandPaul) May 28, 2023
Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) said he was “appalled” by the results of the debt ceiling deal.
“The bottom line is that the U.S. will have $35 trillion of debt in January, 2025. That is completely unacceptable,” he tweeted.
I listened to Speaker McCarthy earlier tonight outline the deal with President Biden and I am appalled by the debt ceiling surrender.
The bottom line is that the U.S. will have $35 trillion of debt in January, 2025.
That is completely unacceptable.
— Rep. Ken Buck (@RepKenBuck) May 28, 2023
Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) also piled on: “$4 Trillion for keeping (effectively) bloated 2023 spending levels & maintenance of the Democrats’ wish list – crony IRA unreliable energy subsidies stay, IRS expansion 98% stays, work requirements weak and don’t apply to Medicaid.”
I wish that were true. $4 Trillion for keeping (effectively) bloated 2023 spending levels & maintenance of the Democrats’ wish list – crony IRA unreliable energy subsidies stay, IRS expansion 98% stays, work requirements weak and don’t apply to Medicaid… https://t.co/f3i4fTlWRs
— Chip Roy (@chiproytx) May 28, 2023
McCarthy, however, dismissed his colleagues’ concerns, claiming “95 percent” of the conference is “very excited.”
“Well, that’s OK. Because more than 95 percent of all those in the conference were very excited. But think about this,” he said on Sunday. “We finally were able to cut spending. We’re the first Congress to vote for cutting spending year over year.”
“If you look at each movement here, this is a whole new direction,” he added. “Just think about how this even came to fruition. Normally you have 1,000 page bill, this is going to be less than 150 pages. Normally, the country doesn’t know about it until after it’s passed. Now, we’ll wait 72 hours. This is worthy of the American people. I want them to read it. I want them to understand it.”
Plenty of conservatives on social media have also expressed disappointment in the deal’s emerging details, claiming McCarthy caved to Biden.
The pathetic “debt deal” is pretty much what I expected to happen. No meaningful reduction in Bidens weaponized IRS expansion? Barely any COVID clawback? McCarthy was too busy insisting that poor people over 49 have a work test to get food stamps lol what a fail.
— Styxhexenhammer666 (@Styx666Official) May 28, 2023
I corrected predicted what McCarthy would do in his first 6 months, step by step, on our podcast …
1) To get Speaker votes – McCarthy would pretend to be more conservative than George Washington.
2) Next step – pass a bunch or DOA bills that could never pass the Senate or…
— Catturd
(@catturd2) May 28, 2023
McCarthy debt “deal” is a disaster.
I love President Trump.
But his endorsement of @SpeakerMcCarthy for Speaker is one of the worst decisions he’s ever made.
Trump has a lot of positive accomplishments. But I can’t say his endorsement process is one of those.
Loyalist…
— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) May 28, 2023
What the details of this deal reveal is that the entire façade of McCarthy was a fraud. He was never projecting an image of defiance and strength at the White House. If you were a fly on the wall during the meetings, you would have instead heard something like this: “Hey, how do…
— Daniel Horowitz (@RMConservative) May 28, 2023
How are the negotiations to avoid a default going?
U.S. government: pic.twitter.com/xINocmcCGb
— Not Jerome Powell (@alifarhat79) May 28, 2023
The deal @SpeakerMcCarthy made is a big loss for those concerned about out-of-control spending and seems to cement the drunken-sailor federal spending in place until 2025.
— Tom Fitton (@TomFitton) May 28, 2023
Here’s the bottom line for Kevin McCarthy — if you can’t leverage a crypt keeper dementia patient with both diminishing capacity and popularity, you either can’t leverage any Democrat or were never going to.
— Steve Deace (@SteveDeaceShow) May 28, 2023
Anyone on the right who is praising this “deal” McCarthy made with Biden is either a complete and total idiot, or bought and paid for, dutifully out there spinning fake narratives about how McCarthy didn’t get steamrolled by a senile Biden.
— Wade Miller (@WadeMiller_USMC) May 28, 2023
Biden, meanwhile, is also touting the deal as “good news for the American people.”
“It is an important step forward that reduces spending while protecting critical programs for working people and growing the economy for everyone,” he tweeted, adding “the agreement protects my and Congressional Democrats’ key priorities and legislative accomplishments.”
Earlier this evening, Speaker McCarthy and I reached a budget agreement in principle.
It is an important step forward that reduces spending while protecting critical programs for working people and growing the economy for everyone. And, the agreement protects my and…
— President Biden (@POTUS) May 28, 2023
The deal will be put to a vote in the House on Wednesday, McCarthy claimed.
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