Senate GOP lawmakers bash $1.66 trillion Johnson-Schumer budget agreement: 'Can and must do better'
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GOP senators and House Republicans express outrage at the $1.59 trillion spending cap, claiming it overlooks GOP budget cut proposals.
Jamie Joseph is a writer who covers politics. She leads Fox News Digital coverage of the Senate.
"As the House Freedom Caucus has noted, the actual spending levels in this plan are nearly $100 billion above what we are being promised, but mostly preserve all the pre-existing funding for Biden’s priorities," Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah told Fox News Digital on Monday.
"At a time when we’re $34 trillion in debt and inflation is hollowing out America’s middle class, Republicans can and must do better than this," he said.
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