House Republicans Push to Have Border Bill Added to Debt Ceiling Negotiations

With the lifting of Title 42, House conservatives are making the case that the situation at the border is an emergency and mounting an eleventh-hour push to include the recently passed Republican border bill in debt ceiling talks.

A GOP aide said that conservatives believe Republicans are already making a compromise by negotiating over spending caps and that there should be room for further negotiation given the significance of the border issue. The source described the group as “making a lot of noise about it.”

On Thursday morning, members of the conservative Republican Study Committee sent a letter to congressional leadership, President Joe Biden and the negotiators for both sides, including Rep. Garret Graves, R-La.; Shalanda Young, the head of the Office of Management and Budget; and White House senior aide Steve Ricchetti, calling for the border to be included in negotiations. Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, a signatory, said last week that should be on the table.

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