Former Trump budget director says GOP lawmaker joined the 'dark side' by voting for Biden-McCarthy deal
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Kentucky Republican Representative Thomas Massie has come under fire from conservatives for voting to advance the Biden-McCarthy debt limit deal.
The Biden-McCarthy agreement suspends the debt limit with no cap through Jan. 1, 2025, while also cutting non-defense spending to near fiscal 2022 levels, capping growth at 1% for the next two years and proposing non-mandatory caps for the four years after. It also claws back some money aimed at the Internal Revenue Service and some unspent COVID-19 pandemic funds. "I've been in Congress for a decade and this is the first real bill that cuts spending," Massie said. Chris Pandolfo is a writer for Fox News Digital. Send tips to chris.pandolfo@fox.com and follow him on Twitter @ChrisCPandolfo.
Russ Vought, who served as former President Trump’s director of the Office of Management and Budget and opposed the bill, accused Massie of going over to "the dark side." He called out Massie on Twitter and argued that the spending caps set in the bill will be counterproductive.