Rep. Van Hollen: I’m For the Budget Deal ... as Long as Republicans Don’t Change It

Rep. Chris Van Hollen says his support of the Ryan/Murray budget deal is conditional

LEE: “Are you a yes vote on this as it stands?”
VAN HOLLEN: “I, Jenna, I’m a yes on the budget agreement, the thing that was negotiated by the budget conferees, by Senator Murray and Congressman Ryan. I’m a yes on that. If House Republicans now try to link that to other unrelated issues – “
LEE: “I see.”
VAN HOLLEN: “For example, fix the doc-fix; we would say you also have to immediately add unemployment compensation to that. We believe that one way or another we should have a vote in the House on unemployment compensation.”

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