House Conservatives Warn About Spending After Backing Tax Cuts
- Freedom Caucus lawmakers seek to head-off Democrats’ demands
- Funding battle threatens deals made to get tax plan votes
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A faction of conservative Republicans is raising warnings about federal spending, two weeks after backing tax-cut legislation that would raise federal deficits by $1 trillion over the next decade.
They say that compromises struck with moderate Senate Republicans, as well as negotiations to keep Democrats from filibustering spending bills, will contain measures that increase government spending.