Freedom Caucus warns GOP leadership against ‘shady side deals’ as Congress returns to spending fight
by Cami Mondeaux, Congressional Reporter
December 29, 2023 09:30 AMMembers of the conservative House Freedom Caucus are warning their Republican leaders to avoid making “shady side deals” with their Democratic counterparts to come to a spending agreement, instead urging leadership to push for increased budget cuts.
In a position released on Friday, the Freedom Caucus said House Republicans must use its position to reduce spending levels across the board and keep the government budget’s top-line number at or below the $1.59 trillion mark that was negotiated between the White House and Congress earlier this year.
“As Congress negotiates FY 2024 government funding, Republicans must truly reduce programmatic spending year-over-year from the enacted FY 2023 level, and end the use of disingenuous gimmicks to conceal from Americans the real spending harm being perpetrated by their elected representatives,” the caucus wrote. “Anything less represents more failure and suffering for the American people.”
The caucus expressed concerns about a possible “agreement with Democrats” and House Republican leadership that would enact higher spending levels than those set out in the Fiscal Responsibility Act, which was agreed upon by President Joe Biden and former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) in the summer.
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