Tom Cole: McCarthy’s ‘cuts’ deal with conservatives now void

When McCarthy struck the spending deal in June, he was under assault from conservatives angered by the less severe spending caps he had accepted as part of a bipartisan bill negotiated last spring with the White House to avert default. The sudden about-face stunned many in both parties, and unlike…

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