Matt Gaetz Demands Cuts To HHS To 'Save America' From Inflation

Here we go again. Another trust fund baby wanting to take services away from average Americans, many of whom are struggling just to get by. With another government shutdown looming, the so-called "Freedom Caucus" is angry at their new House Speaker Mike Johnson for defying the wingnuts on a budget deal:

With a week until a partial government shutdown, House Speaker Mike Johnson is defying the right wing of his party – at the potential risk of his job – to stay the course on a spending deal set with Democrats.

"Our topline agreement remains," Johnson told reporters Friday, after a tumultuous 24 hours that threw the stability of the deal into question. "We are getting our next steps together and we are working toward a robust appropriations process."

However, the path to avoid a shutdown is still unclear as Johnson has not yet agreed to extend Congress' deadline, despite the near impossibility of meeting it.

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