CNBC reporting CBO has scored Boehner’s plan & it only cuts $850B over 10 years. Boehner will have to rewrite to meet his promise to cut more than the debt ceiling increase.
Everywhere it is being reported that CBO tells Boehner there are NOT ENOUGH CUTS. Boehner is going back to the drawing board. Thank God for the House Freshman who have been right out the gate, ever since we elected them. Jim Jordan is a hero for sticking with the plan.
Hold the dang line.
I think Boehner knows that he has the Dems by the short hairs and the Senate Dems would probably have voted for the similar Senate plan if the leadership hadn’t tabled it.
So this pressure from conservatives (although some of the names on that list weren’t conservative, which gives me pause) could only help him. He is in a winning position right now and probably can ask for more, but on the other hand, even if he has to “compromise” by falling back to the original plan, it’s still a heck of a lot better than the other options. And Bambi will probably veto it anyway...and probably get overriden, if Boehner plays his cards right.