House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) hit Senate Republicans for trying to spend above the caps set in the debt ceiling bill and emphasized the need to pass the homeland security appropriations bill during a GOP members-only call on Monday.
On the call, McCarthy said, “Senate Democrats and Republicans are working very closely together to spend more money” and that for the House to be strong in negotiations, they need to “hone our message on the issues that we care most about,” which includes the borders and energy.
While talking to his members, McCarthy heavily emphasized the need to pass the homeland appropriations bill, saying he believes if the House could pass that before Sep. 30, along with other appropriations bills, they would be able to go into conference committee with the high ground and be able to control the negotiations.
If the House can pass some of the appropriations bills before Sep. 30, McCarthy said, “personally believes if we did a really short CR to be able to do more messaging and being in conference to see where the Senate is at, I think we have a stronger hand to have that fight in a month after September.”
But some members pushed back on the idea of a continuing resolution, including Rep. Chip Roy , who has been a vocal leader of the Freedom Caucus during the appropriations battle in ensuring House Republicans don’t cave and spend more money.
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