At least it’s a great opening salvo.
I think the republicans still won the battle by a freaking mile.
HR1 was originally to seek spending cuts of $32 billion until Tea Party conservatives insisted on more than $ 60 billion. House Speaker John Boehner won more cuts than he originally sought and got the Senate to agree to votes to defund the health care reform law (BOOOYAHHH!!!!! Down goes ObamaCare!) and groups like the nation’s largest abortion provider Planned Parenthood - once votes Senate Majority leader Harry Reid said he’d never allow to come to the floor.Back on February 3, Reid called $32 billion in cuts “extreme” and “draconian.”
Over the next decade the cuts are expected to save hundreds of billions of dollars.
The deal mandates a host of studies and audits of Obama administration policies. It also blocks additional funds for the IRS sought by the Obama administration and bans federal funding of abortion in Washington, D.C.
The history of offers on this bill goes something like this. Democrats first offered no cuts, then $4 billion, then $6.5 billion, then $33 billion, then settled at $38.5 billion.
Boehner made numerous adjustments to his offer in recent days too, but started at $32 billion, then with a Tea Party push went to $62 billion, then dropped to $40 billion, then $38.5 billion.
Boehner came in $8.5 billion higher than the halfway point between his high offer of $61 billion in cuts and the Democrats opening bid of zero cuts.
And again, I dont understand all the hatred being spewed by some Freepers about this deal. It’s a solid win by the GOP on meeting a promise to reduce spending. If we hadn’t won the house and reduced the dem majority in the senate last year, there would of been no spending cuts this year, hell Obama would of probably increased spending.
It’s also a good battle win because House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan’s 2012 budget resolution proposes cuts of $5 TRILLION in the next 10 yrs. That’s the big one and if this years budget deal is a measuring stick, I’d say we are still on course and getting solid work done to reduce spending.
***And again, I dont understand all the hatred being spewed by some Freepers about this deal.***
Are we sure some of them aren’t DUers?
And THANK YOU for the explanation of the deal.
They want it all, right now.
I understand the frustration, but a marginal tactical victory may set the stage for a huge strategic victory - now is not the time for a "Charge of the Light Brigade".
Don’t you realize there were no cuts? It was cuts from the Obama Budget last year that never got voted on. Jeez. None of the cuts were from spending that was ever authorized in the first place. Good Grief.
Definition: Freeper
1. One who b!tches, p!sses and moans as the aircraft carreer does a 180 degree turn in their direction because it takes too long.
2. One who b!tches, p!sses and moans when republicans win elections.
3. One who b!tches, p!sses and moans at Boehner not going far enough, even though Obama almost had a heart attack during a TV announcement that a deal had been struck.