Kevin McCarthy said of it: “I wanted to do something no other Congress has done, that we would literally turn the ship and for the first time in quite some time, we’d spend less than we spent the year before. The GOP wanted it to be $4 trillion, but they compromised. The bill will cut the deficit by $1.5 trillion. It seems like a good deal: it requires that spending next year be flat and go up only 1 percent in 2025. → Debt ceiling deal: Congress passed a deal to suspend the debt ceiling for two years to narrowly avoid default. And next week I’ll be on vacation-you’ll find the lovely, the handsome, the Great Nick Gillespie in your inbox. Two housekeeping notes: Remember to get your local high schoolers to submit to the Free Press essay contest by June 12 (there’s even a prize of $2,000). If you think every congressional term should be followed by six months of jail time just to be safe, then come with me. If you are a superfan of a political figure or another, if you have Casey DeSantis tattooed on your arm or AOC on speed dial, you’re not going to like what happens here. Hello and welcome back to the week, reviewed by me.
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