공화당 원내대표는 경기침체로 가고 있는
미국 시민들이 우크라이나에 백지수표를
써주지 않을 거라네요.
또, 불필요한 지출 없애야 미국 국가부채
한도를 증액시킬 거라 하구요.
중간선거 전에 이렇게 강한 어조로 말하는
걸 보니 미국 민심이 우크라이나 지원 축소에
있다고 볼만한 공화당 자체 조사가 있었지
않았나 합니다.
→ Ukraine aid: McCarthy previewed that any request for more
Ukraine aid would be more difficult in a House GOP majority.
This is something we’ve sensed from our conversations with
rank-and-file Republicans during the last few months.
The United States has already spent more than $60 billion on
economic and military aid since the Russian invasion of Ukraine
in late February, funding that has gotten big bipartisan majorities
in both chambers. That consensus may be fraying.
“I think people are gonna be sitting in a recession and they’re
not going to write a blank check to Ukraine. They just won’t do it.
It’s not a free blank check.
And then there’s the things [the Biden administration] is not doing
domestically. Not doing the border and people begin to weigh that.
Ukraine is important, but at the same time it can’t be the only thing
they do and it can’t be a blank check.”
→ Debt limit: The nation’s statutory borrowing cap will need
to be lifted at some point in 2023, probably during the
second half of the year.
Here’s McCarthy on the debt limit:
“You can’t just continue down the path to keep spending
and adding to the debt. And if people want to make a debt
ceiling [for a longer period of time], just like anything else,
there comes a point in time where, okay, we’ll provide you
more money, but you got to change your current behavior.
We’re not just going to keep lifting your credit card limit,
right? And we should seriously sit together and [figure out]
where can we eliminate some waste?"
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