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Rep. Crowley: GOP Delaying Budget To Reduce ‘The So-Called Size of Gov’t’
Cybercast News Service ^ | February 29, 2016 | 11:26 AM EST | Eric Scheiner

Posted on 02/29/2016 4:19:35 PM PST by Olog-hai

House Democratic Caucus Vice-Chair Rep. Joe Crowley (D-N.Y.) says the GOP is delaying the release of their budget to figure out where to make cuts, "because we know what their desires are in terms of reducing the 'so-called' size of government."

Crowley made the comments at a press conference last week.

"They have postponed - they are punting the release of their own budget for at least another three weeks, maybe even more," Crowley said. ...

(Excerpt) Read more at cnsnews.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government
KEYWORDS: biggovernment; gopestablishment; joecrowley; liberalagenda

1 posted on 02/29/2016 4:19:35 PM PST by Olog-hai
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2 posted on 02/29/2016 4:20:02 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Facing Trump nomination inevitability, folks are now openly trying to help Hillary destroy him.)
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To: DoughtyOne

Wow. That’s loverly.


3 posted on 02/29/2016 4:22:48 PM PST by sparklite2 ( "The white man is the Jew of Liberal Fascism." -Jonah Goldberg)
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To: Olog-hai

DEFUND socialist collectives, foreign and domestic.

DEPOPULATE socialists from the body politic.

We were not born to be debt slaves to socialists/GOPe/elites/criminals/conmen/psychopaths/SCUMBAGS


4 posted on 02/29/2016 4:23:36 PM PST by PGalt
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To: Olog-hai

You gotta laugh at the democrats who went without a federal budget for years, criticizing the republicans for dragging their feet.


5 posted on 02/29/2016 4:23:47 PM PST by sparklite2 ( "The white man is the Jew of Liberal Fascism." -Jonah Goldberg)
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To: Olog-hai

He says it like that’s a bad thing.


6 posted on 02/29/2016 4:36:47 PM PST by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: Olog-hai

The Federal budget:

70% payments to and on behalf of individuals, primarily SS, Medicare, Medicaid
15% defense
6% interest on debt
4% actual government operations
5% everything else


7 posted on 02/29/2016 4:49:42 PM PST by proxy_user
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To: Olog-hai

Holding it until the second Super Tuesday so Trump can’t use it to beat them up with it.


8 posted on 02/29/2016 5:02:45 PM PST by mabelkitty
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To: Olog-hai

Save money by not paying senators that don’t show up for work every day.


9 posted on 02/29/2016 6:42:36 PM PST by New Jersey Realist (America: home of the free because of the brave)
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To: proxy_user

We’ll make you Director of the Budget.


10 posted on 02/29/2016 6:44:02 PM PST by New Jersey Realist (America: home of the free because of the brave)
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To: New Jersey Realist

So the ones that show up and grow the size of government should be paid, then?

I’d prefer another “partial shutdown”. A very long one.


11 posted on 02/29/2016 6:46:44 PM PST by Olog-hai
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