Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) characterized the debt ceiling deal negotiated by Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) as a “turd-sandwich” and vowed to try to stop the resulting bill from making it out of the lower chamber.
Said Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) on Twitter: “This ‘deal’ is insanity.”
Said Rep. Bob Good (R-VA) on Twitter: “No one claiming to be a conservative could justify a YES vote.”
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