Budget Committee Republicans Vow to ‘Reverse the Curse’ of Uncontrolled Spending

U.S. President Joe Biden shakes hands with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) before delivering the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Feb. 7, 2023. Jacquelyn Martin-Pool/Getty Images

Republican members of the House Budget Committee pledged to pay the nation’s bills but vowed not to give President Joe Biden an “unlimited line of credit.”

The latest volley in the war of words over increasing the nation’s debt ceiling came Feb. 8 as Republican committee members, led by Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) issued a statement of intent the day before the committee’s first meeting.