GOP moderate urges bipartisan budget resolution, debt ceiling hike

Rep. Charlie Dent (R-Pa.) wants his party to team up with Democrats to pass a budget resolution and increase the debt limit before the summer recess.

The GOP centrist asked Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, who has urged a speedy, clean debt ceiling hike, to take the message back to the administration.

“I will definitely take that back,” Mnuchin responded.

{mosads}Rep. David Price (D-N.C.) quickly seconded Dent’s request.

“That’s an important request and I support it wholeheartedly,” he said.

The idea of partnering with Democrats on a budget is unlikely to be embraced by conservatives in the House. It would fly in the face of their efforts to link spending or regulatory reforms to the budget, a position endorsed by the conservative House Freedom Caucus.

It would also leave conservatives in the cold when it comes to budgetary limits by allying moderate Republicans with Democrats.