An influential House Freedom Caucus member wants Speaker Mike Johnson to ignore “side deals” in the debt limit suspension law that would bolster nondefense spending and use a backstop mechanism in that law to force automatic cuts if Democrats won’t agree.
Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, the Freedom Caucus’ policy director, wrote in a Washington Examiner op-ed Tuesday that Johnson “can and should” reject an extra $54 billion in nondefense spending negotiated during the debt limit talks that would be funded on top of regular discretionary limits.
If Democrats don’t accept that, Johnson should trigger across-the-board cuts known as a “sequester” by passing a full-year continuing resolution, Roy wrote.
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