This might be a fight worth having if there were anything substantial to it. Gaetz and his allies are arguing that McCarthy isn't fighting for real debt and deficit reductions,Rapier108 said:And Gaetz set it up by killing a bill which had almost everything he wanted.jt2hunt said:
Gaetz is doing what he said. McCarthy did not follow what he said he would do if elected Speaker.
This is nothing but Gaetz being a little ***** because he wants to blow up the House rather than actually trying to pass useful legislation.
but the first CR that McCarthy offered cut discretionary spending by 8%, and would have given Republicans some leverage in the Senate.
Gaetz et al shot that down, but even more, they're refusing to discuss the true drivers of debt and deficits entitlement spending.
The populists don't want to bring up Medicare or Social Security reforms, mainly for electoral reasons.
It's hard to take them seriously on discretionary spending as a consequence, and especially difficult to take their anger over a CR seriously when that was also driven by electoral concerns.
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