Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) and Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-MT) are making it clear they both support a GOP proposal making its way through the House of Representatives to raise the nation’s borrowing limit and slash federal spending.
“By comprehensively addressing the needs and wants of the American people, this framework goes further to address the tyranny flowing out of Washington than anything we’ve seen in years,” Scott and Rosendale write in an op-ed published by Fox News on Wednesday. “It is a courageous first step toward a better and more prosperous America.”
The article comes as Republican leaders are expressing confidence they could pass their debt limit plan on Wednesday after leadership made a flurry of last-minute changes Tuesday night in an effort to win over key Republican holdouts. A small group of members are still threatening to vote against the bill. Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) can only afford to lose four votes.
Scott and Rosendale both slammed President Joe Biden and the White House’s recent stance, in which they rebuked the last-minute deal struck by McCarthy. Recent changes to the plan include proposed work requirements for Medicaid beneficiaries to be implemented on a quicker timetable. Republican leadership also agreed to remove a repeal of tax breaks for ethanol, a move to appease Iowa Republicans and some other midwestern lawmakers.
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“The president is unwilling to work with Speaker McCarrthy on the debt ceiling in an attempt to protect his liberal pet projects,” they write. “This is a disservice to the people he is supposed to serve. Worse still, he immediately dismissed the plan because he is unwilling to do his job and work with Speaker McCarthy to chart a better way forward.”
Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has said the bill is "dead on arrival" in the Senate.