Freedom Caucus sends letter to Trump asking him NOT to support 2,232 page omnibus spending bill…

by The Right Scoop

This morning the House Freedom Caucus send Trump a letter asking him not to support the omnibus spending bill Republican leadership has put on the table.

Here’s the letter:

Paul Ryan, however, refuted the Freedom Caucus this morning:

It would seem, however, that the Freedom Caucus has the Heritage Foundation on their side. Here are two different Heritage Foundation members on the March omnibus bill.

Paul Winfree:

The omnibus spending package that Congress plans to introduce this evening is a complete betrayal. Congress has repeatedly promised to fix the spending problem in Washington, but this bill promises trillion dollar deficits as far as the eye can see. Worse yet, this omnibus completely abandons any attempt to repeal or roll back Obamacare. Instead, a Republican-controlled Congress now appears that it will entrench and expand Obamacare by giving billions in bailouts to insurance companies as well as additional funding for outreach and enrollment to prop up this failed law.

Adam N. Michel:

Fiscal restraint is dead in Washington, and no one seems to care.

The March omnibus spending deal follows through on an agreement to spend significantly more over the next two years than any Obama-era spending cap increase. Such a dramatic departure from fiscal sanity is reckless.

The now-certain return of trillion-dollar deficits threatens to undermine Republicans’ most significant legislative accomplishment: tax reform.

Congress’ decision to reduce tax revenue and increase spending at the same time is a recipe for fiscal disaster. In fact, Congress’ new spending is projected to increase over the next 10 years by the same amount they just cut taxes, pushing the difference between revenues and spending even further off balance.

Even Ted Cruz yesterday was very critical of the process by which this bill was created, saying that the bill is being crafted by a ‘broken process’:

I think at the end of the day, however, Trump will ignore the Freedom Caucus and say the spending bill is WINNING and support it. That’s my prediction, though I’d love to be wrong.

It’s being reported now that the Senate will try and pass the bill today…

UPDATE:

Um….this bill is 2,232 pages, according to CNN:


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