Progressives object to Democratic bill to lift spending caps

Published April 3, 2019 11:56pm ET



A House committee narrowly passed a measure to raise federal spending caps for the next two years, over the objections of Republicans and a faction of progressive Democrats.

Reps. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., and Ro Khanna, D-Calif., voted against the measure, which lifts federal spending above caps imposed by the 2011 Budget Control Act. The trio opposed lifting caps on military spending.

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