McConnell, Rick Scott on collision course over spending deal

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McConnell, Rick Scott on collision course over spending deal

BY ALEXANDER BOLTON - 09/15/22 6:00 AM ET

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is headed for another clash with Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), this time over how to handle a year-end spending deal.

Scott, the chairman of the Senate GOP campaign organization, is teaming up with conservative Sens. Ted Cruz (Texas) and Mike Lee (Utah) to argue that Republicans should push for a long-term continuing resolution that would fund the federal government until some point in 2023. 

“It’s time for Republicans to stand united and demand that Congress pass a clean continuing resolution [CR] that simply maintains current federal spending levels — and not a penny more — until a new Congress begins,” the three wrote in an op-ed for Fox News. 

They hope that Republicans will control the House and maybe also the Senate next year, which would allow them to have more influence over the size and shape of the omnibus spending package funding the government.

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https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/3643550-mcconnell-rick-scott-on-collision-course-over-spending-deal/

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I'm not a Scott fan by any means, but I am glad to see him taking a stance against McConnell.  I think Scott has his eyes on being majority leader though I'm not so sure that he'd be any better than McConnell.