Senate Republicans Take Aim at Biden’s ‘Bloated’ Budget

Senate Republicans tore into President Joe Biden’s 2024 budget plan on March 22, holding that the administration has been “radical and reckless” in its spending.
“The one thing I think Republicans agree on is the president’s budget spends too much, taxes too much, borrows too much, and underfunds our most important priority, which is national security,” Sen. John Thune (R-N.C.) told reporters at the Capitol after his caucus’ weekly policy luncheon.
Thune, the Senate Minority Whip, led the press conference in the absence of Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who continues to recover from a March 8 fall.
Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), echoing Thune’s remarks, held that Biden’s economic policies had already done “irreversibly bad” damage to the United States….}