As the national debt crossed $33,000,000,000,000 (that’s $33 trillion, if you get confused by so many zeros), and the nation’s debt increased to a quarter million dollars per taxpayer, five hard-line deficit hawks in the House Freedom Caucus drew a bold line in the sand Tuesday and again Thursday against fellow Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s leadership. The five sided with Democrats to oppose a vote to proceed with a vote to fund the Pentagon, which they largely support. But before supporting that vote, the hard-liners demand that Speaker McCarthy commit to bringing discretionary spending down to pre-pandemic levels of $1.47 trillion without “gimmicks.”
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