Fiscal hawks scuttle House Republican budget efforts

[DonViejo]

House Republicans failed to approve their $3.8 trillion budget at the committee level Wednesday night after negotiations on defense spending failed to break an impasse.

Without a deal, the House Budget Committee packed up for the night, and is now expected to reconvene at 10:30 Thursday morning.

“We’re still working on it and we’ll let you know as soon as we know,” House Budget Committee Chairman Tom Price (R-Ga.) told reporters Thursday following a closed-door meeting in the office of Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio).

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) sought to convince panel members to agree to the budget on Wednesday night, but wasn’t able to satisfy both defense hawks worried about the Pentagon’s spending level and fiscal conservatives who oppose increased spending.

The impasse is just the latest stumble for House Republicans, who have repeatedly struggled to rally around legislation. Most recently, GOP leaders suffered an embarrassing floor defeat on legislation to fund the Department of Homeland Security and attack President Obama’s immigration executive actions.

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[jwirr]

1. They want to see if there is anymore of the safety net they can gut.