For Lloyd Smucker, the GOP's spending cuts have to be good

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : And this week, he was part of a holdout group that held up final approval of the budget until Speaker Mike Johnson, Senate Majority Leader John Thune and President Donald Trump made firmer commitments to slashing federal spending.
45% : A committed fiscal conservative, Smucker has emerged in recent months as a key player in high-stakes negotiations over the GOP legislative agenda, where he has locked arms with the well-known rabble-rousers in the Freedom Caucus to push for drastic cuts in federal spending.
41% : Suddenly, Smucker found himself with outsize influence as an essential go-between between key committees, party leadership and hard-liners -- and a rare opportunity to make good on the promises of small government and fiscal responsibility he ran on since he was first elected in 2016 to represent Pennsylvania Dutch country.
35% : But Johnson did sign a memorandum committing to "maintaining linkage between provisions that result in a deficit increase ... and provisions that reduce federal spending" and delivering a "fiscally responsible product."
33% : The alignment of fiscal hawks far beyond the usual suspects on the hard right represents a pain point for House GOP leaders, and for Trump, as they try to balance various party factions as they write a passable bill.

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