House Republicans are internally deliberating on defense spending amid the debt ceiling battle, Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) revealed.

"Internally, we're having this discussion about defense," Donalds told NBC's Meet the Press. "We want to make sure that our military preparedness is where it needs to be. But at the same time, House Republicans are not looking at just letting the Department of Defense have massive radical increases as well."

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Republican negotiators recently rejected a recent proposal from the White House for spending caps on both military and discretionary spending, the Washington Post reported. As a result, spending clawbacks that the GOP is seeking could run even deeper into domestic programs than the Democrats want.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) has suggested the government cap growth in spending to the fiscal year 2022 levels with a roughly 1% increase a year. Due to inflation, that could result in net real cuts to those programs, according to some economists.

"Can I be blunt with you? We're not really sure what deal is even on the table. The White House is not serious. They came up with a proposal to spend another $30 billion more than they already wanted to spend," Donalds said.

Donalds is listed as a member of the House Freedom Caucus, which is comprised of hardliner conservatives in the House, which recently called on debt limit deliberations to be suspended "until the Senate passes the legislation."

The Florida congressman was coy when asked if he could be comfortable with a compromise deal he doesn't personally like. He also underscored he was not "comfortable" with breaching past the June 1 "X-date," in which the United States may run out of cash to meet all of its obligations on time
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"No, I'm not comfortable with that. This should have been done 100 days ago. House Republicans have been working on this for three months," he said.

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Negotiations between representatives for McCarthy and the White House stalled over the weekend, with the speaker arguing the Biden administration "moved backwards."

President Joe Biden is expected to hold a phone call with McCarthy on his return flight back to the U.S. from the Group of Seven summit in Japan to discuss the debt limit impasse.