House GOP plows ahead with its own plan to cut spending after Biden rejects combined debt, spending talksFox News
Washington, DC,
April 5, 2023
"House Republicans will forge ahead with their own plan to cut federal spending over the next several weeks after President Biden again rejected the idea of negotiating cuts with the GOP in the context of a broader deal to raise the debt ceiling." ...Budget Committee member Rep. Ben Cline ripped the White House response and called for "cooler heads" to prevail in the debt limit fight. "It’s irresponsible for the president of the United States to stomp his feet like a spoiled child and say he’s not going to come to the negotiating table on the debt limit," Cline told Fox News Digital. "Speaker McCarthy is the adult in the room who recognizes that our system is built on negotiation and compromise, and I’m hopeful that reasonable minds will prevail and the president will come to the negotiating table on this critical issue." ... Read more here. |