Graham, a South Carolina Republican, is sounding the alarm about defense spending in the bipartisan deal to raise the debt ceiling.
Senator Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican, expressed “total disgust” on Monday with political leaders over defense spending in the agreement to raise the debt ceiling reached by President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
Biden and McCarthy, a California Republican, reached a deal over the weekend to raise the debt limit while also implementing GOP-backed cuts to federal spending after weeks of negotiations. The deal comes just days before the country is expected to default on its obligations—which experts say would wreck havoc on the global economy—leaving Congress roughly one week to get the bill to Biden’s desk.
However, the debt ceiling bill, a compromise in which both Democrats and Republicans made concessions, has divided the GOP. McCarthy and his allies have presented the agreement as a major victory for Republicans, arguing that Democrats got “nothing” in the bill.
