- House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s budget deal with the White House has frayed months of unity inside the House GOP after the bitter speaker race, as fiscal conservatives see over the size of its $4 trillion debt limit increase.
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The divisions burst into open over the Memorial Day weekend even as all GOP congressional leaders threw their support behind the compromise plan. The House is set to vote on the bill Wednesday.
“The Fiscal Irresponsibility Act fails to cut spending and continues to fund the Democrats’ and Biden Administration’s radical agenda,” Montana GOP Rep. Matt Rosendale, a member of the House Freedom Caucus, said on Monday. “Montanans did not send me to Washington to support business as usual, which is why I will be voting AGAINST the Fiscal Irresponsibility Act.”
Sens. Mike Lee of Utah, Rand Paul of Kentucky and Ted Cruz of Texas have also expressed opposition to the bill. Cruz responded on Sunday to McCarthy saying that there isn’t one thing for Democrats in the compromise bill.
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Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy of Calif., talks to reporters after meeting with President Joe Biden at the White House, Monday, May 22, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
