The DCCC released the following statement regarding the House Freedom Caucus’ vote to oppose the budget with spending levels from agreed-upon budget deal:
“Speaker Ryan took over the dysfunctional House Republican caucus and insisted that he would return the budget process to regular order, because even he could recognize that House Republicans’ inability to do their jobs had reached untenable levels.
“But thanks to the House Freedom Caucus, Paul Ryan’s short-lived honeymoon is over as quickly as it started. Embarrassingly, his repeated budget pledges have succumbed to the power of the same conservatives that ousted Speaker Boehner,” said Meredith Kellly of the DCCC.