First on FOX: R-La against opposing a group of conservative lawmakers in the House and Senate to agree to the Expense Bill (DOGE) restrictions as a deadline for the government shut down as a March 14th deadline. and Senator John Thune, Rs.D. It warns the Senate President.
“[W]E is deeply concerned about recent reports of Democrats’ demands for government funding agreements that perpetuate the unsustainable status quo of wasteful spending,” wrote R-FLA Sen. Rick Scott and House Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Harris (R-MD.) to Congressional leaders.
“An attempt to dilute the president’s constitutional authority using government funding laws to save taxpayers’ dollars must be completely rejected,” the lawmaker wrote.
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Conservatives are urging GOP leadership not to agree to limit Doge in spending bills. (Getty Images)
The correspondence was co-signed by 19 other Republicans: Mike Lee, R-Utah, Ron Johnson, R-Wis. , Cynthia Lumis, R. Wyo, R-Wyo. , Marsha Blackburn, R-Ten, Tommy Tuberville, R-Ara, Eric Schmidt, R-Mo. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla. , Ralph Norman, Rs.C. , Barry Moore, R. Ala, Clay Higgins, R-La. , Andrew Clyde, R-Ga. , Andy Ogles, R-Ten, Andy Biggs, R-Ariz, Brandon Gill, R-Texas, r-gosar, r-ariz. Harris, RN.C.
Scott is the new chair of the Republican Senate Executive Committee and is a group of Senate conservatives who work to influence policies and priorities at their meetings.
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According to a rebellious group of Republicans, they are “prepared” to keep the government open and work with leaders in both the House and Senate. But they made it clear that “the moment he is trying to make a successful promise he made to the American people, he will not support a government funding package that will be weaponized against President Trump.”
Johnson’s office introduced Fox News Digital to a recent appearance by Fox News’ Sunday Morning Futures speakers. [appropriations] invoice. why? As a condition of spending, Congressional Democrats were trying to demand that the president’s hands be tied down in some way and limit his authority, so you know, put Elon Musk in the corner and take him out of his mission. ”
“We’re not doing that. It’s a non-starter and Democrats know that, so I hope they’re reasonable,” he said.
Thune’s office declined to comment on Fox News Digital.
Last month, President Donald Trump paid tribute to the true social closure deadline. “As usual, sleepy Joe Biden has left us with total disruption. The budget from last year is not finished yet. We are working very hard in the House and Senate, and will pass a clean, temporary government funding bill (“CR”) until the end of September. Let’s try that! ” he wrote.
The House Freedom Caucus has once armed a thin majority of House razors as a weapon to promote a more conservative position in negotiations and legislative issues. In the Senate, members of the more secret steering committee have also united in the past against actions by GOP leadership that they disagreed.
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Scott has been elected the new operating chair of the council. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
The deadline for partial government shutdown is March 14th, and Republicans and Democrats have yet to come to an agreement on spending measures to avoid such a fate.
Trump and billionaire Elon Musk’s Doge are actively working on the perceived waste and bloat of federal government, so Democrats have expressed anger over widespread spending cuts and federal workers’ layoffs.
And now, with some leverage in the closure debate, Congressional Democrats are demanding that Trump guarantee that Congress will pay it and spend money to protect it from doges.
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Harris is the chairman of the Freedom Caucus. (Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg)
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A source familiar with the matter told Fox News that this could take shape under the provisions of certain bills that hamstring Doge.
Republicans will need some democratic support to pass the spending bill to avoid partial closures. The Senate requires 60 votes. So, if all Republicans support it, at least seven Democrats need to cross the aisle. The House only needs a majority, but full Republican support for the bill is not guaranteed.
Julia Johnson is a political writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business and is a major reporter in the US Senate. She was previously a political reporter for the Washington Examiner.
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