GOP 'publicly projecting pessimism' as hope in 'securing policy wins' dwindles: report

Top House Republicans on Tuesday expressed concern around their colleagues' inability to unite around government spending, according to Axios.

US Rep. Bob Good (R-VA), who's chair of the right-wing Freedom Caucus, told Axios Tuesday, "Past history would not indicate that we are willing to fight for good policy or reduced spending."

This comes after "[House Speaker Mike] Johnson (R-LA) and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) struck an agreement over the weekend to keep total government spending this year at the levels set out in last year's bipartisan debt ceiling deal," the report notes.

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Chair of the Republican Study Committee US Rep. Kevin Hern (R-OK) told the news outlet, "I don't have a lot of confidence we have a lot of leverage" considering Democrats control the Senate and the White House.

Per Axios, "Hardliners feel particularly burned after the bipartisan passage of a major defense bill that excluded their many of their efforts to scale back military diversity programs and affirmative action, restrict access to abortion and gender-affirming care and rein in government surveillance."

Hern emphasized, "I think that you're going to see us just try to get the appropriations bills passed. With only a one or two vote margin, it's going to have to be very bipartisan, which means you're not going to get the policy riders that conservatives want."