Yesterday President Trump announced that he had reached a bipartisan deal with congressional leaders. But fiscal conservatives have already weighed in to express their displeasure.
....This was a real compromise in order to give another big victory to our Great Military and Vets!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 22, 2019
Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) has come out hard against the deal. He said he will not vote for it and he warned of the grave consequences of “unlimited bipartisan government spending.” Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) plans to vote against it too. And Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) has spoken out against it as well.
I will vote no on this so-called “deal.” The GOP is now, in the name of “defense spending,” mortgaging our future national & economic security. But worse, unlimited bipartisan government spending risks losing our character & sense of self-reliance as a nation. #RejectSpendingDeal https://t.co/B6oEa0yDnV
— Chip Roy (@chiproytx) July 23, 2019
To the best of my knowledge, the current spending “deal” fails in virtually all respects, setting aside more support for defense. It busts caps (further), increases debt, funds Planned Parenthood... yet, does not fund ICE & border security fully. So, it does NOT #DoWhatWeSaid
— Chip Roy (@chiproytx) July 23, 2019
This about sums it up. And those who promote it are ironically risking our national security in the process as we mortgage our future and lose our character and sense of self-reliance as a nation. #RejectSpendingDeal https://t.co/KkDr8oaFW0
— Chip Roy (@chiproytx) July 23, 2019
I will be posting the roll call for the vote to increase the debt limit. Voting to increase the debt limit without voting for a plan to reduce the deficit is reckless.
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) July 23, 2019
Cue the left: “tax the rich more!”
Unless it changes substantially I’m voting against this “deal” that is completely fiscally reckless. No reforms. No wall money. Just increased spending. Trump won the last shutdown. America won the last shutdown. https://t.co/tZlKU3URGv
— Paul Gosar (@DrPaulGosar) July 23, 2019
Rep. Justin Amash (I-MI), who recently decided to leave the Republican Party, has expressed his displeasure with both the deal and the process used to reach it:
“Deal” says no changes “unless agreed to on a bipartisan basis by the four leaders with the approval of the President.”
— Justin Amash (@justinamash) July 22, 2019
Legislative outcomes must be discovered, not dictated. When legislators can’t debate policy, they debate personalities. A big reason for current polarization.
Rep. Mark Walker (R-NC) has made it quite clear that he’s not happy with the deal either:
Budget deal. pic.twitter.com/PHa754iGRJ
— Rep. Mark Walker (@RepMarkWalker) July 22, 2019
The debt ceiling is here again. Our credit card is maxed out. What this budget deal does is ask the credit card company for another $320 billion in credit NOW for the chance to get paid back $75 billion in a decade. No bank would take that. American taxpayers shouldn’t either.
— Rep. Mark Walker (@RepMarkWalker) July 23, 2019
And Rep. Warren Davidson (R-OH) referenced the president’s assertion that the deal did not contain any “poison pills,” pointing out that “Bankrupting America is a poison pill.”
Bankrupting America is a poison pill. #DontBankruptAmerica https://t.co/I7QSHaHMJq
— Warren Davidson (@WarrenDavidson) July 23, 2019
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) praised the defense spending in the deal:
Our country and the men and women who protect it are as strong as they have ever been. A retreat from this commitment would be disastrous.
— Kevin McCarthy (@GOPLeader) July 22, 2019
I am pleased that the agreement provides $20 billion more for defense than non-defense over two years. https://t.co/jipxz2Fzmv
The funding agreement between the Trump Administration and Speaker Pelosi secures critical funding to continue rebuilding and modernizing our armed forces. It's the deal that our national defense needs.
— Leader McConnell (@senatemajldr) July 23, 2019
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) have also publicly expressed their support for the deal:
The House will now move swiftly to bring the budget caps and debt ceiling agreement legislation to the Floor, so that it can be sent to the President’s desk as soon as possible.
— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) July 22, 2019
It also means Democrats have secured a more than $100 billion increase to annual funding for middle-class priorities like veterans’ health, education, child care, and cancer research since President Trump took office.
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) July 23, 2019
New @SpeakerPelosi letter urging House Democrats to vote for the budget and debt limit deal she negotiated with the White House. pic.twitter.com/M3D7Et5f7v
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) July 23, 2019
House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY) is backing the deal:
Chairman @RepJohnYarmuth on the bipartisan budget caps deal: This agreement rejects the #TrumpBudget’s devastating cuts, makes strong investments in our country, & provides certainty for our communities and our economy. #RaiseTheCaps pic.twitter.com/v7gXxl1kqb
— House Budget Committee (@HouseBudgetDems) July 22, 2019