A handful of Republicans in Congress are upset over House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's (R-CA) debt ceiling deal with President Joe Biden, grumbling about the limited extent of spending clawbacks, and reductions in military expenditure growth.
Negotiations in the debt ceiling standoff finally saw a breakthrough Saturday, with both sides coming to an agreement for which the details have yet to be fully released.McCarthy always had a delicate dance to play with debt limit deliberations, given his wafer-thin majority in the upper chamber, but leadership appears hesitant about the agreement's chances of clearing the House.
— Congressman Bob Good May 28, 2023 One of the few early reactions from the Senate side came from Sen. Lindsey Graham , who has a reputation for fostering bipartisan deal-making in the upper chamber. Graham worried that the compromise would scale back military spending growth and likened it to the 2011 sequestration tactic.
"Democrats seem happy with Biden’s deal with McCarthy on the debt ceiling," Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene tweeted.— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 May 28, 2023 As expected, none of the four Republicans who voted against the Limit, Save, Grow Act, the Republican's initial offer in the debt ceiling row that passed back in January, appear to have moved in favor of the tentative compromise agreement.
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