Not bloody likely
The Freedom Caucus belated realizes that negotiations mean they won’t get everything they want:
The House Freedom Caucus is calling for “no further discussion” on legislation to raise the debt ceiling until the Senate passes the bill House Republicans approved last month that would pair an increase in the borrowing limit with steep spending cuts.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has called the bill “dead on arrival.”
The hard-liner conservative caucus said it adopted its official position on Thursday as debt limit negotiations continued behind closed doors between representatives for Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and the White House.
“The U.S. House of Representatives has done its job in passing the Limit, Save, Grow Act to provide a mechanism to raise the debt ceiling. This legislation is the official position of the House Freedom Caucus and, by its passage with 217 votes, the entire House Republican Conference,” the caucus wrote.
“The House Freedom Caucus calls on Speaker McCarthy and Senate Republicans to use every leverage and tool at their disposal to ensure the Limit, Save, Grow Act is signed into law. There should be no further discussion until the Senate passes the legislation,” the caucus added.
And then there’s this:
The Democrats raised the debt ceiling with little drama when Trump was president. They’ve never threatened to default. But whatever.
The Freedom Caucus is not going to agree to any deal. Trump wants a default so he can supposedly ride to the rescue. So the whole thing will depend upon McCarthy’s willingness to lose his seat to save the world economy.
Yeah, I need a drink too.