Boehner Rewriting Deficit Bill After CBO Score

Roll Call ^ | Tuesday, July 26, 2011 | Steven T. Dennis

[kristinn]

The Congressional Budget Office delivered the bad news to Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) on Tuesday evening that his deficit reduction proposal cuts just $1 billion from the deficit next year, sending staffers scrambling to rewrite the legislation.

Boehner spokesman Michael Steel said House Republicans are reworking the bill to make sure spending cuts exceed any increase in the debt limit.

“We’re here to change Washington: no more smoke and mirrors, no more ‘phantom cuts,’” Steel said. “We promised that we will cut spending more than we increase the debt limit, with no tax hikes, and we will keep that promise.

“As we speak, Congressional staff are looking at options to rewrite the legislation to meet our pledge. This is what can happen when you have an actual plan and submit it for independent review, which the Democrats who run Washington have refused to do.”

The CBO score appeared to add to Boehner’s troubles as he struggles to corral the House Republican Conference to back his bill on the floor Wednesday.

[Windflier]

People are for spending cuts in theory, the minute you actually ask them specifically what they want to cut you'll be down to foreign aid and prisons.

Friend, you have truly missed the forest for the trees, or you're reading the news upside down. Don't know which.

Democrats weren't swept out of office across the country in the midterms because most people still want to have their cake and eat it too. A slim majority in this country are still wagon pullers - not wagon riders, and they are sick to death of having their hard earned money stolen by a bunch of criminal Commies in government.

As Jim Rob says, "Rebellion is brewing!"

If the situation were truly as you say it is, the midterm elections would have had a completely different result, and phone lines in DC wouldn't be melting right now. The part of the American public who are paying for the grand Socialist experiment, want it ended now. Period.

Perhaps you spend too much time seeking the opinions of wagon riders. Get a better class of friends.