Several Republican senators expressed solidarity with their House colleagues in support of the Limit, Save, Grow Act at a joint press conference attended by about 40 GOP members of Congress.
The bill, passed by the House in April, would raise the debt ceiling by $1.5 trillion, enough to last for about one year, while limiting federal spending, strengthening work requirements for some recipients of federal benefits, clawing back unspent COVID-19 relief funds, and loosening restrictions on drilling for oil and gas.
Members of the upper chamber also echoed the Republican talking point that they would not support raising the debt limit without a simultaneous agreement to reduce non-discretionary federal spending….