Conservative House Republicans reacted angrily Sunday to the compromise agreed to between Speaker Kevin McCarthy and President Joe Biden to raise the debt ceiling.
The bill imposes some spending limits on discretionary non-defense spending and gave Republicans some of what they wanted on issues such as work requirements for some social services programs, according to The Hill.
"This is a good strong bill that a majority of Republicans will vote for. You're going to have Republicans and Democrats be able to move this to the president," McCarthy said, according to Reuters.
Multiple Republicans took to Twitter to lambaste the agreement.
Republican Rep. Chip Roy of Texas outlined his objections, in response to a plea to block the deal, told one Twitter poster, "We're going to try."
"I listened to Speaker McCarthy earlier tonight outline the deal with President Biden and I am appalled by the debt ceiling surrender. The bottom line is that the U.S. will have $35 trillion of debt in January, 2025. That is completely unacceptable," Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado posted on Twitter.
Yes: 38%. No: 62%. "Overwhelmingly, Republicans in this conference are going to support the deal. How could they not - it is a fantastic deal," he said.
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