Missouri Republican Mark Alford votes against debt limit deal backed by most KC area reps

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : "I will always vote for what Missouri's 4th District wants and needs; and they need much better than this bill provides."Most of the representatives from Kansas and Missouri voted Wednesday to raise the debt limit through 2025 while adding caps to federal spending and requirements for some programs in the social safety net, keeping the country on track to avoid an historic default on the national debt.
49% : Federal spending exceeded the debt limit in January, but the Treasury Department has moved money around in order to keep paying the country's bills until money runs out.
46% : Democrats joined the Republican majority to provide enough votes for the bill to clear the House, as several of the far-right members of the Republican caucus railed against the legislation, saying it didn't do enough to pare back government spending like an earlier bill that did not have enough support to get through the Democratic-controlled U.S. Senate.
38% : She was particularly enthusiastic about procedural changes the bill that aimed to limit spending by administrative agencies, which she said would prevent Biden from waiving large amounts of student loan debt.
36% : Alford, a former television anchor whose district includes two military bases, said he didn't like spending caps the bill put on defense spending and the fact that it raised the debt limit for two years until after the next presidential election.
33% : But standing on then steps of the Capitol after a procedural vote, Burlison, wearing a tie honoring Adam Smith, who was considered the "father of capitalism," said he felt Republican leaders should have played hardball and that he felt they were negotiating with themselves.
24% : Biden and McCarthy's compromise lifts the debt limit until 2025, after the next presidential election, in exchange for mostly capping spending on programs outside of Medicare, Social Security and national defense.

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