House Freedom Caucus Outlines Demands for FY 2024 Spending

Conservative lawmakers on the House Freedom Caucus are continuing their push for policy priorities and spending cuts as the March government funding deadlines approach. In a letter to Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), 28 House Republicans — led by Reps. Bob Good (R-VA) and Chip Roy (R-TX) — asked for an update on roughly two-dozen policy riders that could be included in a possible government funding deal. Absent these priorities, which are largely dead-on-arrival in the Democrat-controlled Senate and White House, the Freedom Caucus lawmakers urged Speaker Johnson to pass a year-long continuing resolution (CR) that would allow the one percent across-the-board spending cut to go into effect under the terms of last year’s Fiscal Responsibility Act. The letter comes as Congress approaches the first government funding deadline next Friday for Agriculture-FDA, Energy-Water, Military Construction-VA, and Transportation-HUD, with everything else funded through March 8.