How many said they wanted less spending? How many said they wanted more spending?
“... that word, ‘less’, I don’t think it means what you think it means.” - Inigo Montoya
Looking at the list and their public statements my guess is they wanted less spending.
What were the objections that led 38 repubs to vote no?
“How many said they wanted less spending? How many said they wanted more spending?”
You will never get a straight answer to this question.
The fact is that few in Congress and few on this thread really want to cut the spending.
This is the only viable path to less spending and smaller government.
But when people start to get the picture of what it really means to reduce spending nobody is going to like it.
The two-year debt limit extension is not a serious idea if you want smaller government.
Primary every last one of them you are either for us or against us.
I think a lot wanted less spending.
I don’t have a problem with that, although I would encourage republican unity under Trump:
Of the ones I heard:
Most argued that structural reform was needed; others argued that the House Speaker’s job is to govern the House, which no one has done in a long time. Until those things were done they would continue to vote NO.
All mentioned spending to one degree or another, but that was not fundamental to their vote. All seemed to feel that the bill used blanket numbers, rather than specific numbers - using $100 million instead of $96.2 million to address the specific need.