GOP defectors have blasted the deal for adding $320 billion to current spending levels, a figure that contradicts their years of harping against deficits and debts.
Eliminating the possibility of defaulting on the nation's debt and having another government shutdown come October, the Senate passed a hefty, bipartisan two-year budget agreement on Thursday—despite nearly two dozen Republicans going against the deal that is supported by President Trump and voting against it.did not vote for the budget. Coupled with five Democrats who also voted against it, the measure was passed 67-28.
President Donald Trump, right, acknowledges US Senator Rand Paul , left, prior to signing H.J. Res. 38, disapproving the rule submitted by the US Department of the Interior known as the Stream Protection Rule in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on February 16, 2017, in Washington, DC."Shame on the politicians who campaign as conservatives but govern as big spenders," Paul added.
An amendment offered by Paul that would have cut and cap spending, in addition to balancing the budget, failed to muster the 60-vote threshold needed to pass.in 2017, which the Congressional Budget Office has projected will add nearly $2 trillion to the deficit by 2028.
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