Mikulski Addresses $4B Budget Gap With Gimmicks

ABC News ^ | May 22, 2014 | By ANDREW TAYLOR, AP

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The Democratic chairwoman of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee moved aggressively Thursday to use gimmicks to fill in an unexpected $4 billion gap in the budget.

Mikulski's maneuver came after congressional scorekeepers surprised lawmakers by predicting that the Federal Housing Administration will produce $4 billion less in revenues from the mortgages it insures than the administration believes.

Sen. Richard Shelby said Mikulski's maneuvering amounted to an end run around a December budget pact between Senate Budget Committee Chairman Patty Murray, D-Wash., and House Budget Chair Paul Ryan, R-Wis. that replaced some automatic cuts to agency operating budgets with new fees and cuts elsewhere in the budget and allowed for January passage of an omnibus spending bill that averted a second government shutdown.

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Budget, smudget, Obama seems to be able to hand out money and fighter planes any time he wants, to anyone he wants. So tell me about that budget thing again.

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Thanks maryland voters for continuing to inflict this demented moron upon all of us. Further proof that maryland is THE Freak state.

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The Dementoid from Dundalk strikes again!

Maryland “Freak State” PING!