{"id":1917022,"date":"2023-04-20T05:11:18","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T09:11:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-gop-unveils-debt-limit-bill-proposes-1-5-trillion-debt-ceiling-increase\/"},"modified":"2023-04-20T05:15:17","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T09:15:17","slug":"house-gop-unveils-debt-limit-bill-proposes-1-5-trillion-debt-ceiling-increase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-gop-unveils-debt-limit-bill-proposes-1-5-trillion-debt-ceiling-increase\/","title":{"rendered":"House GOP Unveils Debt Limit Bill, Proposes $1.5 Trillion Debt Ceiling Increase"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-gop-unveils-debt-limit-bill-proposes-1-5-trillion-debt-ceiling-increase%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1917022&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0419\/36e20f69-ed5a-47ad-99ca-7acbdc2f7eee\/audio.mp3?length=3024333&#038;duration=252\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on April 19 unveiled legislation to increase the nation\u2019s debt ceiling by $1.5 trillion or until March 31, 2024, whichever comes first.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, the measure would return discretionary spending to 2022 levels, limit spending growth to 1 percent per year, take back unspent COVID-19 relief funds, repeal certain tax credits, reinstate work requirements for many people on public assistance, and remove barriers to increased production of domestic energy.<\/p>\n<p>If enacted, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/23783980-lsga_xml?responsive=1&#038;title=1\">Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023<\/a>\u00a0would allay concerns about a possible default on U.S. obligations but push a more permanent resolution of the debt crisis into the election season.<\/p>\n<h2>Passage Uncertain<\/h2>\n<p>McCarthy reportedly intends to bring the bill to a vote sometime next week. However, it\u2019s unclear if Republicans can muster the 218 votes needed for passage in the narrowly divided House.<\/p>\n<p>While Rep. Jodey Arrington (R-Texas), chair of the House Committee on the Budget, has been hammering out the details of the measure, some in the party have said gaining passage of any fiscal proposal will be difficult in the 118th Congress.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not going to be easy. Every dollar spent has an advocate up here,\u201d Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) said in an April 18 interview with NTD, sister media outlet to The Epoch Times.<\/p>\n<p>The budget committee has fielded more than 500 amendments offered by House members, suggesting cuts to each agency, according to Norman.<\/p>\n<h2>Biden Reaction<\/h2>\n<p>President Joe Biden sharply criticized the Republican plan based on details revealed in a speech that McCarthy gave at the New York Stock Exchange on April 17.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m here in this union hall with you, while just two days ago, the Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy went to Wall Street to describe the MAGA economic vision for America,\u201d\u00a0Biden told a group of union workers in Accokeek, Maryland.<\/p>\n<p>Contrasting his economic vision, the president said the\u00a0Republicans\u2019 plan would entail deep cuts to federal programs that benefit average Americans while preserving tax breaks for wealthy people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will destroy this economy,\u201d Biden said. \u201cAnd who do you think it will hurt the most? You hard-working people in the middle class.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Democrats have said that achieving the spending reductions Republicans seek will require a 22 percent cut in discretionary spending, resulting <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on April 19 unveiled legislation to increase the nation\u2019s debt ceiling by $1.5 trillion or until March 31, 2024, whichever comes first. 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