It Would Appear Kevin McCarthy Somehow Did Worse Than Doing Nothing at All on the Debt Ceiling
Joe Cunningham | 10:30 AM on May 29, 2023
I am not entirely sure how it was possible, but it appears that Kevin McCarthy was able to find a deal that may, in fact, be worse than a clean debt ceiling increase. But based on feedback from conservatives in Congress and activists from around the country, that appears to be what we have.
In previous writings, I contended that, as long as Republicans didn’t snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, any deal would be a win and progressives acted as though this was the case. But McCarthy, true to form for Republican leadership, seems to have done exactly that with the bill that has come out.
The text of the bill, which was released last night, confirms that spending is frozen at Fiscal Year 2022 levels, but there doesn’t appear to be a dollar limit to the debt ceiling increase that comes along with that. Conservatives are upset about this fact, as well as just how little the White House ultimately had to give up in exchange for the increase.
What’s more, McCarthy is doubling-down in the face of this criticism. . .
https://redstate.com/joesquire/2023/05/29/it-would-appear-kevin-mccarthy-somehow-did-worse-than-doing-nothing-at-all-on-the-debt-ceiling-n753096
