The budget package being voted on today by the House looks an awful lot like the ones cobbled together by then-Speaker John Boehner, a mix of provisions that incense the Freedom Caucus types and require concessions to Democrats (further inflaming the right wing of the conference) to win enough of their votes to get the thing over the hump. So how are Freedom Caucus members reacting this time? TPM’s Lauren Fox talks to some of them — and what you take away is that while Paul Ryan has bought some time he hasn’t really resolved the deeper structural issues.
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