Lawmaker: Conservatives willing to pass temporary ‘crap sandwich’

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Conservatives in Congress want a minuscule shift in spending, according to one well-known lawmaker, to make up for a record $1.07 trillion federal budget. Unfortunately for them, even that may be too much for congressional leaders.

“We would vote for the clearing-the-barn, crap sandwich number on the discretionary side, but we’re saying all you have to do is cut [$30 billion] from the mandatory side, the other $3 trillion of the budget,” Virginia Republican Rep. Dave Brat told the Washington Examiner.

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