by Connor Cavanaugh at DC Enquirer
Republican lawmakers in Congress are not pleased with the deal that House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) struck with President Joe Biden, with many calling to vote against the bill for getting only limited concessions on the Democrats’ end.
McCarthy reached the deal with Biden on Saturday night, claiming that the deal had the largest spending cuts for the IRS in the history of the nation, per the DC Enquirer. The bill did not end up being everything the House Speaker claimed it to be nor even close to that. The lopsided deal has caused many Republicans to come out in droves against the bill, despite McCarthy’s claim that 95 percent of Republicans in Congress support it.
Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-MT) slammed the deal on Twitter, writing, “The DC Swamp has proposed the largest debt ceiling increase in our nation’s history – $4 trillion!!” The representative then added all the different negatives of the agreement, such as failing to eliminate the 87,000 IRS agents that the Biden administration added or curtailing Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan.
➡️NO full elimination of 87,000 IRS agents
➡️NO elimination of the IRA green energy subsidies
➡️NO elimination of the student loan redistribution program
➡️NO spending freeze at FY2022 levels— Matt Rosendale (@RepRosendale) May 28, 2023
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) wrote on her personal Twitter, “Idk about you, but increasing the national debt another $4 trillion is not a WIN for Americans. It’s a win for special interests and the uni-party.”…
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