RSC chairman lays out seven demands ahead of debt-ceiling talks
by Juliegrace Brufke, Congressional Reporter & Virginia Aabram, Congressional Reporter
February 01, 2023 03:19 PM<..snip..>
The seven demands are quoted below:Reverse recent increases in overall discretionary spending and institute statutory limitations on annual discretionary spending levels.
Enact a package of inflation-busting reforms to increase domestic energy capacity and reduce associated regulatory and permitting barriers.
Fight inflation and the onset of a Democrat-induced recession by ending the national COVID-19 emergency, increasing workforce participation, advancing targeted, paid-for, pro-growth tax policies, and countering overregulation with common-sense guardrails like the REINS Act.
Ensure an increase in the debt ceiling is accompanied by commensurate spending reductions, including through recissions of the Democrats' recent excessive spending.
Eliminate wasteful spending on duplicative programs, examine ways to fight waste, fraud and abuse, and transition non-entitlement mandatory programs to the discretionary side of the budget.
Establish a long-term fiscal control focused on reducing spending to restrain the growth of our federal debt as a percentage of the nation's economy.
Codify procedures to ensure the federal government honors certain critical obligations, such as federal debt payments, national security and veterans, Social Security, and Medicare.
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