House GOP’s Proposed Spending Cuts Are Bad for America and Worse for Indian Country

The GOP-led House of Representatives last week passed the 2023 Limit, Save and Grow Act that would raise the debt limit, slash government spending and roll back key parts of the Biden administration’s agenda. The measure passed the House by a razor-thin margin of 217-215. 

While Republicans have voted numerous times to raise the debt ceiling during both Republican and Democratic presidential administrations, this time around they insisted on attaching drastic discretionary spending cuts to domestic programs that benefit average Americans, including Native Americans. Additionally, the bill would cap annual spending growth at just 1% for the next decade. 

“We’ve lifted the debt limit. We’ve sent it to the Senate. We've done our job," House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said following last Wednesday's vote.  

Democrats, who control the Senate, say the bill is dead-on-arrival. President Biden said he would veto it. That is welcome news because the legislation passed by the House is detrimental for most Americans and bad for the American economy.  

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