Reps. Bill Flores and Jim Jordan, leaders of the conservative Republican Study Committee and House Freedom Caucus respectively, are pushing for lower spending for the 2017 budget
The New Budget Showdown: Conservatives Want to Disavow Boehner Deal
By Heritage Foundation Josh Siegel——Bio and Archives--February 4, 2016
House Speaker Paul Ryan’s call for unity is facing a familiar challenge that tripped up Republican leaders before him: the budget and spending.
In October, in his effort to “clear the barn” for Ryan, then-Speaker John Boehner helped negotiate a two-year budget deal with President Barack Obama and Democrats. It raised the 2017 spending level roughly $30 billion above the total lawmakers set in 2011 to control spending.
Though the majority of Republicans did not vote for the Boehner-Obama budget deal, the new House leadership has indicated spending bills for fiscal year 2017 must abide by the higher spending level prescribed by the October agreement.
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