Dems to GOP: Stop stalling and name your entitlement cuts
Senate Democrats are blaming Republicans for the slow pace of the fiscal cliff negotiations, arguing that Republicans have failed to lay out the entitlement spending cuts they want to see as part of a deal. …
Senate Democrats say they have made their opening bid on the revenue side by pushing House Republicans to approve a Senate-passed bill to extend the Bush-era tax cuts for the middle class while raising tax rates on the wealthy.
Now, Democrats want Republicans to offer up the spending cuts they want to see – a move the GOP doesn’t seem inclined to make right now. …
For their part, Republicans argue that they have passed a budget that included significant entitlement reforms and now it’s up to the president to say what cuts he will support.
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As soon as you have the stones to write a budget, champs.
Washington Nearsider on November 29, 2012 at 8:02 AM
Ummm how about your spending cuts dems
cmsinaz on November 29, 2012 at 8:04 AM
So the Democrats are lying the media are supporting them again. Go figure.
forest on November 29, 2012 at 8:06 AM
Yeah, the GOP offers up a list of cuts. The Dems denounce them as draconian and mean-spirited while giving no counteroffer of their own. And nothing gets done. You don’t need a crystal ball to see how this one plays out.
Doughboy on November 29, 2012 at 8:06 AM
give us ammo to demagogue you with!
tom daschle concerned on November 29, 2012 at 8:07 AM
GOP to Dems: Stop stalling and pass a budget
right2bright on November 29, 2012 at 8:08 AM
BTW, this is what you get when you get pulled off topic…every single interview, every appearance on a news show, every contact with a journalist should be begin with:
“We will talk seriously about these issues when the Senate gets serious and passes a budget, for literally years now the Senate has not passed a budget, so there can be no budget cuts without a budget…”
But the Republican’s are too selfish, to self absorbed to understand the effect of team work…
right2bright on November 29, 2012 at 8:12 AM
Ah, but the MSM has a different narrative…
Fallon on November 29, 2012 at 8:15 AM
Dept. of Education
Dept. of Energy
the czars – which are unconstitutional
EPA
reduce the amount of miles we pay to fly Air Force 1
The staff for the first “lady”
Obamaphones
Reduce unemployment benefits
Food stamps should be a warehouse with necessary food in it and recipients should have to go there to get the food.
Planned Parenthood
PBS
… to name a few.
stenwin77 on November 29, 2012 at 8:15 AM
I’ve never considered cloward-piven to be a balanced approach.
tom daschle concerned on November 29, 2012 at 8:19 AM
Didn’t somebody fiddle while a city burned??
Deja vu
ny59giants on November 29, 2012 at 8:21 AM
War on Children, Freezing poor people, What ‘Czars’? War on the Environment, racism, racism, racism, racism, War on Women, Big Bird.
forest on November 29, 2012 at 8:24 AM
Why, so you can call us racist sooner?
MelonCollie on November 29, 2012 at 8:24 AM
Yeah, right. The focus should be on what do we get for agreeing to “increased revenue”? I seriously doubt that congressional Republicans will have the guts to force the issue, though. I see a massive cave-in coming.
littleguy on November 29, 2012 at 8:37 AM
Why supply ammo to your avowed enemy?
The Dems won.
Let them make the first move.
Jack Deth on November 29, 2012 at 8:37 AM
SAYanything.
Let’s play “chicken” for a bit, and get THEIR response.
Tell them what they claim they want. Suggest cutting off all international support and deep cuts to defense.
It will split them down the middle.
connertown on November 29, 2012 at 8:43 AM
Umm.. The House GOP passes a budget annually that includes entitlement reform.
Illinidiva on November 29, 2012 at 8:43 AM
Doh! Those aren’t entitlement cuts.
Never mind.
connertown on November 29, 2012 at 8:44 AM
No kidding. #My2K?
Night Owl on November 29, 2012 at 8:53 AM
Haven’t we heard this song before? Hmmn…..Something about “Read my Lips”? Then George raised taxes and waited for some promised cuts in spending….And waited and waited……what ever happened to good old George? Then there is Charlie Brown and that girl Lucy with the football…….
Herb on November 29, 2012 at 8:55 AM
Cowboy Poetry Festivals.
Cowgirl museums.
Midnight basketball.
Paying farmers not to grow things.
Subsidizing the peanut industry.
Odysseus on November 29, 2012 at 9:04 AM
We will continue to get destroyed until we attack the central problem of a corrupt media.
GardenGnome on November 29, 2012 at 9:05 AM
GOP to Dems: “uh gee – gosh – uh – well – um – oh my”
Let me help:
– Means test Social Security and Medicare (Net Worth over $10m – you get zip)
– Raise the retirement age to 65 – immediately
– The CPI adjustment for all programs to a fixed amount – today
Simple
jake-the-goose on November 29, 2012 at 9:07 AM
Indeed.
In football you can’t fend off the rush if you don’t know that some of the blitzers are wearing black and white stripes.
Axeman on November 29, 2012 at 9:23 AM
The Dems are in charge. The GOP needs to repeat that they’re ready to work with Democrats, and that they’re eager to see the President’s plan.
hawksruleva on November 29, 2012 at 10:24 AM
Lately, I wonder if the bigger issue is the mixed messages sent by the GOP. We’re the party of small government – except we want to pass a law outlawing same-sex marriage. More and more voters have the perception that Republicans are the party of intrusive big government.
hawksruleva on November 29, 2012 at 10:32 AM