Trump Budget threatens to spark new fight among Republicans
Some Republican members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus say they want to see even further Budget cuts
Washington
REPUBLICAN US Representative Todd Rokita keeps a clock hanging on the wall of his Capitol Hill office which tracks the US government's rising debt in real time and reminds him of his top priority: reining in federal spending.
"I was sent here on a fiscal note," said the Indiana lawmaker and vice-chairman of the House of Representatives Budget Committee, who rode a Republican wave during his first election to Congress in 2010.
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