Sen. Mike Lee said in a tweet this morning that he would use 'every procedural tool' possible to delay a debt ceiling deal if it doesn't contain 'substantial' cuts.
if it doesn't contain "substantial" cuts, in a tweet published Thursday morning.
Negotiations on the debt ceiling are ongoing between McCarthy, R-Calif., and President Joe Biden. With the Senate in recess this week, and without a Senate bill to put up against a bill passed in the House last month, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has appeared to be less engaged in negotiations than McCarthy and Biden.
Lee sent a letter to Schumer earlier this month that was signed by 43 Republican senators that said they are "united behind the House Republican conference in support of spending cuts and structural budget reform as a starting point for negotiations on the debt ceiling." I will use every procedural tool at my disposal to impede a debt-ceiling deal that doesn't contain substantial spending and budgetary reforms. I fear things are moving in that direction. If they do, that proposal will not face smooth sailing in the Senate.Lee also published a tweet asking negotiators to keep the REINS Act, which would give Congress the power to review some rules made by federal agencies before they took effect, in the final agreement.
Biden and congressional leaders are getting pressured by lawmakers from the left and right as they try to finalize an agreement. Some lawmakers are also questioning the decision to stick to plans to travel home for Memorial Day weekend, with some, including Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-Conn., saying they should instead stay in Washington, D.C., to finalize an agreement, according to Politico.
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