Republicans Float One Spending Cut

“There’s no Republican plan, let alone a bill, to resolve the debt ceiling problem. But some GOP lawmakers are floating one idea to include in a package: rescinding approved but unspent Covid relief funds,” NBC News reports.

“Taking back the unused pandemic response money ‘certainly could’ be in a debt ceiling measure to avert default, Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., the chair of the powerful Rules Committee, said.”

Said Cole: “I would hope we look at that. It’s something that ought to be on the table.”