Senate GOP lawmakers bash $1.66 trillion Johnson-Schumer budget agreement: 'Can and must do better'
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GOP senators and House Republicans express outrage at the $1.59 trillion spending cap, claiming it overlooks GOP budget cut proposals.
Jamie Joseph is a writer who covers politics. She leads Fox News Digital coverage of the Senate.
"As the House Freedom Caucus has noted, the actual spending levels in this plan are nearly $100 billion above what we are being promised, but mostly preserve all the pre-existing funding for Biden’s priorities," Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah told Fox News Digital on Monday.
"At a time when we’re $34 trillion in debt and inflation is hollowing out America’s middle class, Republicans can and must do better than this," he said.
The country began to see the effects of President Trump’s policies in his second week in office, with the White House implementing tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China; border crossings plummeting; DEI programs shuttering; the federal workforce being faced with the decision to return to the office or to resign; and more.