Posted on 09/20/2013 3:05:01 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
WASHINGTON — House Republicans are considering demanding Medicare and other budget savings, reining in the Obama administration's environmental agenda including greenhouse gas restrictions, and other proposals as the price for extending the government's ability to borrow money, GOP lawmakers and aides said Friday.
Republicans said that during closed-door discussions this week about what to include in upcoming legislation renewing federal borrowing authority, options have included blocking administration plans to curb coal ash pollution; forcing civil servants to contribute more to their retirement plans; and requiring Congress to approve many major regulations.
Republicans said that during closed-door discussions this week about what to include in upcoming legislation renewing federal borrowing authority, options have included blocking administration plans to curb coal ash pollution; forcing civil servants to contribute more to their retirement plans; and requiring Congress to approve many major regulations.
Other items considered all but certain to be included are a one-year delay in Obama's 2010 health care law; an easing of obstacles to building the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada to the Texas coast; and a timeline for enactment of a broad tax code overhaul...
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They’re talkin’ big again, JRob - think a single one of them will stick to his guns?
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Just more of “Lets throw some red meat to the base now so we can point back to it later knowing it won’t pass.” garbage.
BTW Jim thanks for jumping in with the much needed increase in activism postings recently. A few weeks ago I was wondering where the news was, and thought about posting the question, and perhaps starting to post again myself, but obviously you saw the dilemma. FR was becoming a social site.
I appreciate FR for what it’s intended to be. Thanks again.
How about demanding that the Federal government sell one trillion dollars worth of land it owns in Nevada and Utah?
Cool. But that would be a huge personal conflict of interest for the mobster Harry Reid.
Thank you very much!
How about cutting out foreign aid. Million dollars going to Morrocco? 25 million going to Pakistan for their educating their citizens? Really...stop the insanity.
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