Furious Freedom Caucus vows to scuttle debt deal

UPDATE: Sunday, May 28, 2023 · 5:28:39 PM +00:00

Around 200k unemployed people exist between the ages of 49 and 54. Some portion have dependents or disabilities.

There are 500k homeless people between the ages of 16 and 49. Almost none of them were eligible for SNAP before.

This is an *expansion* of SNAP. https://t.co/joXnCucRQi

— Galen Metzger🪬📈🇺🇦 (@GalenMetzger1) May 28, 2023

No one has seen the fine print, but there is a real potential that this deal ends up being far better than the preliminary reports suggest.

UPDATE: Sunday, May 28, 2023 · 4:46:44 PM +00:00 · kos

Not that it was ever in the cards, but now we know for sure that the Senate won’t be able to pass the legislation with unanimous consent.

Fake conservatives agree to fake spending cuts. Deal will increase mandatory spending ~5%, increase military spending ~3%, and maintain current non-military discretionary spending at post-COVID levels. No real cuts to see here.

Conservatives have been sold out once again!

— Rand Paul (@RandPaul) May 28, 2023

And there is a great deal of confusion about the details.

Worrisome if this is what each side thinks is in the debt deal:
Jeffries: “We were able to apparently match up a freeze in spending consistent with 2023 levels, 2023 levels, not the 2022 levels.”
GOP Whip Emmer: “rollback of non-defense discretionary spending to FY22 Levels.”

— Michael McAuliff (@mmcauliff) May 28, 2023

Wow, I had read FY22. Same with the IRS spending, with reports saying $10 billion in cut, and MAGA Rep. Chip Roy saying $1.9 billion. As such, the details may end up being even better for us.

With a debt deal in hand, the big question is whether House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has the votes to pass his chamber. As of now, he’s projecting confidence.

McCarthy asked about some House Freedom Caucus members opposing the debt deal: “We did a conference call with our (House GOP) conference and over 95% were overwhelmingly excited about what they see.”

— Craig Caplan (@CraigCaplan) May 28, 2023

There is little chance his caucus is “overwhelmingly excited,” but with Democratic votes, passage shouldn’t be a problem.