EXCLUSIVE: The House Freedom Caucus (HFC) are demanding certain budget measures amid the debt ceiling fight between Republicans and Democrats, including what leaders of the conservative group suggest could eliminate the need to raise debt limits this year.
The demands, which HFC will release Friday morning, include the enactment of legislation that would cut current spending and place a cap on future spending so the debt ceiling does not have to be raised, according to Pennsylvania GOP Rep. Scott Perry, who serves as chair of the HFC and spoke with Fox News Digital late Wednesday night about the caucus’ mission.
“First, we’re going to shrink Washington and we’re going to do that by saving now, by ending, first of all, the president’s $400 billion student loans bail out and rescinding all unobligated, unspent COVID 19 funds,” Perry said. “We’re going to recoup $80 billion in IRS expansion funds, as well as billions in wasteful climate change spending and the so-called Inflation…
