By John Sharp
Alabama’s Republican congressional delegation is “between a rock and a hard place” by supporting President-elect Donald Trump’s call to eliminate the federal debt ceiling for at least the next two years, said former Republican Congressman and House Freedom Caucus member Mo Brooks.
Brooks, once an alley with Trump before the two had a falling out during the 2022 U.S. Senate campaign, praised the 38 Republicans he said were “brave enough to vote for America” despite what he said was a political threat by Trump to support primary challengers against them in future elections.
The 38 Republicans, none of whom are from Alabama, joined 197 Democrats Thursday night in defeating a budget bill backed by Trump that would have removed any limits toward incurring additional federal debt for the next two years. By some estimates, that plan would have added $4 trillion to an already rising federal debt load.
