Posted 1/8/2024, 9:26:00 PM
GOP Senators Criticize $1.66 Trillion Budget Deal as Excessive, Push for More Cuts
- GOP senators bash $1.66 trillion budget agreement as too high, saying "Republicans can and must do better"
- Deal includes $1.59 trillion spending cap plus $69B in additional nondefense spending
- Deadlines are approaching on Jan. 19 and Feb. 2 to fund federal agencies and avert shutdown
- Agreement includes $10B more in IRS cuts and $6.1B less for COVID funding
- Schumer warns Democrats won't support "poison pills" that Freedom Caucus wants in spending bills