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Congress: Yesterday's budget news

 

Published 3/27/2009 by Mark Murray at First Read

The Senate Budget Committee yesterday passed a budget resolution along party lines, 13-10. The Hill : "Compared to the president's proposal, Conrad's (D-N.D.) includes less non-defense discretionary spending and fewer details over how to overhaul the healthcare system and curb global warming. But it does tackle Obama's top priorities of healthcare, energy, education and deficit reduction." Regarding that GOP “budget” yesterday … Republicans' "19-page proposal included few details. Instead, it promised Republican themes of curbing spending, creating jobs, cutting taxes and controlling debt."   White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs "ridiculed the GOP proposal for being brief and containing a 'picture of a windmill' instead of numbers. He also used a string of one-liners at yesterday's briefing to knock it down: "It took me several minutes to read it" and "I think the 'Party of No' has become the party of no new ideas."   Boehner spokeswoman Antonia Ferrier responded this way: "I’m ... (link)

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