As their debt restrict negotiations with President Biden push the nation perilously near a devastating default, Home Republicans have caught to a transparent message: They need to drive a change in what they name the nation’s “unsustainable” spending path.
But in talks with Mr. Biden, Speaker Kevin McCarthy and his lieutenants have centered nearly solely on slicing a small nook of the price range — often known as nondefense discretionary spending — that features funding for training, environmental…
