Congress and the administration shouldn’t be allowed to draw a dime of pay as long as we’re in the red. Any kickbacks and under the table deals should be direct deposited into the Treasury. Ok, pipe dreaming.
July 18, 2011, 12:59 pm
Boehner and Cantor Meet Again With Obama
The two top House Republicans met privately with President Obama at the White House on Sunday as the House prepared to vote on a deficit-cutting measure strongly opposed by the White House.
Officials said that Speaker John A. Boehner and Representative Eric Cantor of Virginia, the majority leader, who have clashed with each other as well as the president during the debt limit fight, traveled to the White House to keep talks going but emphasized that no agreement was reached that would sideline House consideration of conservative-backed legislation known as cut, cap and balance.
“As we said throughout the weekend, the lines of communications are being kept open,” a spokesman for Mr. Boehner’s office said. “There is nothing to report in terms of an agreement or progress. We believe cut, cap and balance represents the best path forward, and we are looking forward to the House vote on it tomorrow.”
The previously undisclosed meeting was first reported by Politico.
With the House heading for the politically charged vote on Tuesday, the White House on Monday threatened to veto the Republican plan.
“The bill would undercut the federal government’s ability to meet its core commitments to seniors, middle-class families and the most vulnerable, while reducing our ability to invest in our future,” the White House said in a policy statement. It said the measure “would set unrealistic spending caps that could result in significant cuts to education, research and development, and other programs critical to growing our economy and winning the future.
“It could also lead to severe cuts in Medicare and Social Security, which are growing to accommodate the retirement of the baby boomers, and put at risk the retirement security for tens of millions of Americans,’’ the statement said.
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/18/obama-hosts-private-meeting-with-boehner-and-cantor/