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Can Tim Scott's Optimism Win Over The GOP?

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McCarthy's Position on Disdiscretionary Spending

The cuts that they're proposing are only to discretionary spending which does not include Social Security and Medicare although things do get a little tricky Nathaniel. If you don't cut spending at all for the military or veterans Then it ends up being a 51% cut to all other discretionary spending So is that also a position that will ultimately be difficult for McCarthy to maintain like where does it look like his vulnerabilities are on this question?

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