Listen to The Larry O’Connor Show today from 3pm – 6pm as Larry speaks with Congresswoman Barbara Comstock regarding the budget deal.
House Leaders Face Threats of Intraparty Rebellion on Budget Deal (Roll Call)
The House Republicans’ day of reckoning is almost here.
As early as Wednesday, the four corners of congressional leadership are expected to announce a sweeping budget deal that could increase the sequestration spending caps by nearly $300 billion over two years, extend the debt ceiling without any spending changes designed to reduce the deficit, and appropriate more than $80 billion for disaster relief without pay-fors.
While those rough parameters were all but certain, according to Republican and Democratic sources, as of late Tuesday leaders had yet to sign off on the deal. The negotiations were so fluid that House Democrats decided to move their retreat, scheduled for Wednesday through Friday in Cambridge, Maryland, to the Capitol complex. [Read More]
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