washingtonmonthly.com - 3/27/2009
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The Republican "Budget" I've been trying to figure out what to say about the House Republicans' new "budget". I think it's pretty neat that they decided to use those cute bubbles instead of numbers. Maybe next week they'll present their...
gop.gov - 3/25/2009
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gop.gov —
So taking a first glance at the Republicans’
alternative budget proposal, the striking thing is the total...
lack of real budget numbers. It’s full of complaints that the CBO score of Obama’s budget leaves the deficit too high—they have charts and graphs ...
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The Republican “Alternative” “Budget”
abcnews.go.com - 3/25/2009
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abcnews.go.com —
President Obama's budget chief hinted Wednesday that the
president's signature campaign issue -- a middle-class tax cut...
-- will not likely survive a budget battle with Democrats on Capitol Hill. On a conference call with reporters in advance of the ...
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Obama's Middle Class Tax Cut May Not Survive Budget
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Firedoglake —
... What's more, now Rep. Ryan's little group of GOP Budgeteers now has to produce something so stunningly awesome that the Boehner press conference becomes a mere whiff of a memory of a disaster.
And rumor has it that the Senate Republicans are either "laughing at their House GOP colleagues, furious at them, or both."
The folks at The Swamp have more. As Hilzoy says: ...
Sessions Calls Spending Freeze ‘Perfectly Responsible,’ Refuses To Say Where He Would Cut Budget
Wonk Room —
... , was spot-on in pressing Sessions as to where he would make cuts. As Hilzoy noted, Republicans have essentially “proposed a whole raft of new tax cuts and only one specific spending cut, ‘ending the bailouts.’” Indeed, there are legitimate debates to be had about priorities in the budget — and there are probably woefully inefficient and fraud-ridden programs that can be pared back — but the Republican position has been to advocate the “ ...
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