U.S. Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., said in a news release that he is opposed to the spending agreement reached Wednesday and expected to be voted on today by Congress.
"This agreement increases the discretionary spending caps by nearly $300 billion over the next two years ... and tees up another spending battle two years from now," he said in the release. "It also is only partially offset, and most of those offsets occur years from now, doubling down on the irresponsible mentality in Congress of spend-now-pay-later.
"To say I am discouraged by the outcome of these negotiations would be an understatement."
Corker also said the agreement "perpetuates the abuse" of Overseas Contingency Operations, a fund set up to provide emergency funding for overseas military missions but which he maintains has been repeatedly abused to pay for normal operations at the State and Defense departments to avoid statutory spending limits.
GOP House and Senate leaders are hoping to pass the two-year budget deal in time to avoid a government shutdown set for midnight.