Freedom Caucus Appropriators See Open Lane for Spending Slashes

House Freedom Caucus members who secured spots on the Appropriations Committee — empowered by promises from GOP leaders to slash spending — are ready to hit the gas on plans for cuts and clawbacks.

The key conservatives — whose roles on the powerful panel were part of the negotiations to elect Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) speaker — said they’ll take a fine-toothed comb to agency budgets, working out the details of House Republicans’ broad plans to cut funding to fiscal 2022 levels.

Still, the conservative bloc of the panel — including Republican Reps. Michael Cloud (Texas), Andrew Clyde (Ga.) Andy ...