Posted on 01/09/2023 1:29:59 PM PST by RandFan
The spending cuts that Republican leader Kevin McCarthy promised hard-line conservatives in order to clinch the House speakership are a non-starter in the Democrat-controlled Senate.
Senate Democrats and Republicans say that while there is likely to be negotiation over federal spending and the deficit, the position staked out by the House GOP is untenable.
An aide to the Senate GOP leadership told the Washington Times that any effort to cut defense spending by the House would be met with hostility.
“We’re Republicans, we don’t want to cut defense spending at a time when Russia is waging war in Ukraine and China looks ready to gobble up Taiwan,” said the aide.
Meanwhile, Senate Democrats are opposed to cutting domestic spending or having the debt limit, the amount the federal government can borrow to meet expenditures, used as leverage to advance House Republicans’ agenda..
To secure the votes needed to become speaker, Mr. McCarthy gave hard-line conservative Republicans a series of concessions on policy and legislation. Topping the list was an agreement to push legislation balancing the federal budget over the next decade.
To reach the goal, Mr. McCarthy has agreed to link a vote on hiking the debt ceiling to the spending cuts needed to balance the budget. The leverage is viewed as pivotal in pressuring the Senate and President Biden to accept the cuts.
“We believe there ought to be specific, concrete limits on spending, attached to a debt ceiling increase,” said Rep. Chip Roy, Texas Republican.
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The “House of Cards” is starting to crumble…
McCarthy holds the winning hand. Will he fold it?
The Senate has no say in the matter. Expenditures are solely under the perview of the House of Representatives.
What do we expect with a dem controlled Senate and a dem President with a veto pen.
Government shutdown.
Naturally the Senate would have none of it. But, on the other hand, the House can block any more out-of-control spending, too. And Continuing Resolutions can come with strings attached, if the Senate wants to avoid a shutdown. Leverage is back.
Since all spending bills originate in the House, there is nothing the Senate can do to increase spending if the House does not agree to do it. The Senate can vote against approval, but that just means no spending unless the House caves.
Then formally declare war.
That senate staffer sounds like a Richard.
You didn’t know this?
“McCarthy’s spending cuts, debt-limit pledge non-starters in Senate”
Wow really? Gee now who woulda thunk that?
The point this propaganda piece is making is DON’T pass any laws the Democrat/communists don’t like.
These will be endless poison pill bills that will force the rodents to expose themselves for whom they really are.
The value of doing this is way beyond what small minds can comprehend.
These bills will build the Republican Party as America’s Party and only good can come from that.
When are some of you going to wake the h*** up? The House of Representatives can’t do a thing unless they are willing to shut down the government by failing to pass a budget acceptable to Biden.
So is the delusion on the part of conservatives (Freepers, politicians) if they truly believe spending will be cut or a government shutdown allowed.
If the house doesn’t pass spending increases then they won’t happen irrespective whether the Senate agrees.
You vote no on every spending bill.
We’ll see…
Gee, that’s a surprise!
Did anyone expect anything different from us winning the house, given that the Rats control the senate and presidency?
Here’s what’s going to happen over the next two years - NOTHING!
Which is better than if we had lost the house. It’s gridlock time!
Of course.
The Senate has no say in the matter. Expenditures are solely under the perview of the House of Representatives.
And Congress has found away around the pesky Constitution by having the Senate take a passed House bill, completely gut it and put in what they want, pass it and then send to ‘reconciliation’. So sometimes spending bills actually begin life in the Senate.
Spending bills must originate in the House, but must be passed by the Senate and signed by the President.
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