Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) doesn’t like where debt-ceiling negotiations between House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and President Joe Biden are heading.
Lee, who chairs the Senate Republican Steering Committee, said Thursday morning that he fears the talks on raising the debt ceiling are ignoring “substantial spending and budgetary reforms” that conservatives in the House and the Senate say are vital for any deal to be made.
“I will use every procedural tool at my disposal to impede a debt-ceiling deal that doesn’t contain substantial spending and budgetary reforms,” Lee tweeted. “I fear things are moving in that direction. If they do, that proposal will not face smooth sailing in the Senate.”
I will use every procedural tool at my disposal to impede a debt-ceiling deal that doesn’t contain
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