Senate GOP’s ‘Breakfast Club’ Wants to Shape Debt-Limit Debate

  • Seven conservatives seize opportunity to cut federal spending
  • They plan to work with House conservatives to force a deal
Senators Rick Scott, from right, Mike Lee, Ron Johnson, Rand Paul and Mike Braun during a news conference at the US Capitol in Washington, on Jan. 25.Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg
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Like the characters in the movie of the same name, the members of the Senate’s newly formed Breakfast Club don’t actually gather for a meal.

“No breakfast — we’re fiscal conservatives,” Mike Braun, an Indiana Republican, quipped recently of the early-morning gatherings.