GOP senator criticizes debt-ceiling deal for allowing Biden appointee to waive direct spending plans

Conservative Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), who is threatening to drag out the Senate’s consideration of legislation to raise the debt limit, says the regulatory reforms in the package are “a mere illusion.” Lee on Tuesday highlighted language in the bill that would empower the director of the Office of Management and Budget to waive the requirement that agencies submit plans to reduce direct spending to offset the estimated costs of new rules. The bill includes provisions that would establish for the first time in law a pay-as-you-go requirement for executive...