{"id":575663,"date":"2023-05-23T04:05:49","date_gmt":"2023-05-23T01:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/jeffries-suggests-hed-support-spending-freeze\/"},"modified":"2023-05-23T04:05:49","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T01:05:49","slug":"jeffries-suggests-hed-support-spending-freeze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/jeffries-suggests-hed-support-spending-freeze\/","title":{"rendered":"#Jeffries suggests he\u2019d support spending freeze"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/jeffrieshakeem_042823gn02_w.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Monday that he\u2019s open to the idea of freezing spending at current levels in order to secure a debt ceiling deal \u2014\u00a0an idea supported by President Biden but is sure to infuriate liberals in Jeffries\u2019 own Democratic Caucus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs part of the effort to find common ground we\u2019re willing to consider freezing spending,\u201d Jeffries told reporters outside the Capitol. \u201cThat is not an extreme proposal. That is a reasonable proposal.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Amid the talks with Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), the White House has offered Republicans a freeze in federal spending at current, fiscal year 2023 levels \u2014\u00a0a proposal McCarthy has rejected.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA freeze is not less; a freeze is spending the same amount,\u201d McCarthy said Monday evening, shortly after he met with Biden at the White House to discuss a path forward.<\/p>\n<p>The spending caps have emerged as a central sticking point in the high-stakes negotiations to raise the debt ceiling and prevent a government default, which the Treasury Department has warned could h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>en as soon as June 1.<\/p>\n<p>Behind McCarthy, Republicans are insisting on steep spending cuts as a condition of raising the debt ceiling, leveraging the threat of default to pressure Biden to accept their terms.<\/p>\n<p>House Republicans had passed a debt ceiling package last month that would cut fiscal 2024 spending back to fiscal 2022 levels \u2014\u00a0a decrease estimated to be roughly $130 billion below the 2023 levels. They\u2019re noting that the 2022 spending levels were in place as recently as December, when Congress passed a massive government funding bill establishing the current 2023 levels.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was not a big cut; it was the same money we were spending five months ago,\u201d said Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.), head of the hardline Freedom Caucus, whose members have warned that they won\u2019t except a watered-down version of the House-passed bill.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cWhat we\u2019re willing to accept is what we passed last month,\u201d Perry added. \u201cThat\u2019s why we passed it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Highlighting the perils facing Democratic leaders, a number of liberals are fighting to hike federal spending, warning that cuts would harm programs that benefit the most vulnerable populations. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), a staunch liberal, praised Biden on Monday for pushing back against what she characterized as the \u201csome of the extreme demands\u201d from Republicans. But she also warned that there are limits to how far Biden can compromise, and accepting cuts is \u201cgoing to be a problem\u201d with progressives.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cWe do not negotiate through the debt ceiling for this very reason,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Jeffries acknowledged the unpopularity of the spending freeze, which Democrats have characterized as a cut when inflation is factored in. But he suggested he\u2019s willing to accept it anyways, as a concession to the Republicans who control the House.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny proposal that potentially offers to freeze spending is not a proposal that has been put into the public domain by the left flank,\u201d Jeffries said. \u201cThat\u2019s an inherently reasonable effort to find common ground in a divided government situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>McCarthy and Biden reached no agreement during their White House meeting on Monday. But McCarthy said the sides have moved \u201ccloser\u201d to a deal. And staff-level negotiations are expected to continue into Monday night.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2023 Nexstar <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Media<\/a> Inc. All rights reserved. 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