Rep. Bob Good (R-VA) had a negative assessment of Republican leadership after President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) reached an agreement on the debt limit crisis.
“No, I think it was an abysmal failure on the part of Republican leadership. Quite honestly, this is a deal that we could have gotten with a Democratic majority,” Good, a member of the House Freedom Caucus, told ABC13.
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The 99-page bill released Sunday would suspend the U.S. debt limit through 2025, effectively avoiding a federal default before June 5, the “X-date” established by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen.
“I am hearing the “deal” is for a $4 trillion increase in the debt limit. IF that is true, I don’t need to hear anything else,” Good tweeted a day before the text was released. “No one claiming to be a conservative could justify a YES vote.”
Good opposed McCarthy for speaker of the House through 14 votes earlier this year, making the extremely conservative representative one of the last holdouts before McCarthy was voted through. About 20 other conservatives withheld their vote for McCarthy until the very end, with Good voting “present” in the final round.
Shortly after McCarthy cleared the votes, Good spoke at a town hall in Louisa County, according to the Washington Post, explaining to constituents the impact McCarthy as speaker will have on the debt plan.
“All we got to do is cut the discretionary spending to stay within our provisions,” Good said when discussing the nation’s credibility in relation to the debt crisis.
Good expressed on Saturday that the bill works in favor of the Democrats and “would essentially be what they wanted,” referring to the preliminary contents increasing the debt limit by $4 trillion.
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Good told ABC13 that before the legislation hits the House floor Wednesday, he’ll attempt to persuade his fellow Republicans that the bill is faulty.
The Washington Examiner reached out to Good for a comment.
