They oppose it because it doesn't cost the Democrats anything, but the deal offered by the GOP leadership - equally cost free for the Dems - with an 18 month long lifting of the ceiling would have annoyed them even more.
Which, by the way, means they don't see what Schumer and Pelosi see, that the debt ceiling is actually going to be used over this time period by the Dems to obstruct the GOP agenda.
The largest Republican caucus in the House announced Thursday that it opposes President Trump's deal with Democrats tying a three-month government-funding extension to a Hurricane Harvey disaster relief bill.
Rep. Mark Walker (R-N.C.), chairman of the conservative Republican Study Committee, called the deal irresponsible in a letter to Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.).
“While some have advocated for a ‘clean’ debt limit increase, this would simply increase the borrowing authority of the government while irresponsibly ignoring the urgency of reforms,” Walker wrote.
Conservatives have long argued that increases to the debt limit, which are needed to stop the U.S. government from defaulting on its debt, should only be passed alongside spending reforms.
Walker listed 19 reforms in his letter to either address the debt or “begin draining the swamp” through regulatory reform or changes to the debt-ceiling system.
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The Republican Study Committee has more than 150 members.
House Conservatives, With Bannon Onboard, Target GOP Leaders For "Bad" Funding Deal
This is why Republicans can't organize anything.
They are constantly undermined by their own crackpot right.
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