Chip Roy and fiscal hawks lay out budget demands

Fiscal hawk Republicans are increasing their demands for the budget megabill to House leadership as Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) faces the tumultuous battle to find a balance between centrist GOP lawmakers worried about beneficiary programs and right-flank conservatives expecting steep spending cuts.

Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX), policy chairman for the Freedom Caucus and voice box for the fiscal hawk bloc, sent a letter to Johnson on Wednesday with five demands for reconciliation, mostly centered on immigration and border security.