Conservatives warn McCarthy they’ll vote against spending bills that don’t cut ‘bloated’ government
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Nearly two dozen House conservatives are warning McCarthy to stick to his commitments that spending levels will not exceed fiscal year 2022 levels next year
In a letter send Monday, they said that deal won't be good enough to win their support when spending bills come up for a vote this year. That's a significant problem for McCarthy, who can only afford to lose a handful of GOP votes if he wants to pass legislation without help from Democrats. Elizabeth Elkind is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital.
"We cannot support appropriations bills that will produce a top-line discretionary spending level barely below the bloated FY 2023 level… and effectively in line with the cap set by the debt ceiling deal that we opposed and was supported by more Democrats than Republicans," the conservative members wrote in their letter that was obtained by Fox News Digital.