Democrats are addicted to spending, and that must be stopped, according to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.).
The speaker staked out the primary objective of negotiations with President Joe Biden over increasing the nation’s $31.4 trillion debt ceiling in comments to reporters on Capitol Hill on the morning of May 22.
Beginning in January, McCarthy has said Congress would not do without some agreement to cut federal discretionary spending.
However, the Republicans passed the Limit, Save, Grow Act in April, which attached a number of other conditions to an increase in the debt limit. That included tightening work requirements for some beneficiaries of Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), clawing back unspent COVID-19 relief funds, and loosening permitting requirements on drilling for oil and gas….