Republicans pushed back Friday after the White House blamed the GOP
for blocking "balanced" alternatives that would raise taxes on the
wealthy as a way to avoid automatic budget cuts set to take effect Jan. 2
The administration today released a report - which was required by law and pushed by Republicans - that said the sequester would have "devastating impacts" on military and non-military programs.
"This report confirms that the president's 'sequester' is a serious threat to our national security and must be replaced," Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said in a statement.
Republicans have repeatedly blamed the president for the sequester, while Democrats pin the blame back on the GOP, noting that Republicans held the debt ceiling hostage before celebrating last year's debt deal, declaring victory and voting for it. The sequester was created as an incentive to last fall's super committee to come up with a broad deficit reduction plan. When the Joint Committee on Deficit Reduction failed to develop a plan, the sequester became the law of the land.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said the administration report "highlights the crippling effect these reductions will have on our nation's security and underscores the urgent need for the president to work with Congressional Republicans to replace these destructive cuts."
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The administration today released a report - which was required by law and pushed by Republicans - that said the sequester would have "devastating impacts" on military and non-military programs.
"This report confirms that the president's 'sequester' is a serious threat to our national security and must be replaced," Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said in a statement.
Republicans have repeatedly blamed the president for the sequester, while Democrats pin the blame back on the GOP, noting that Republicans held the debt ceiling hostage before celebrating last year's debt deal, declaring victory and voting for it. The sequester was created as an incentive to last fall's super committee to come up with a broad deficit reduction plan. When the Joint Committee on Deficit Reduction failed to develop a plan, the sequester became the law of the land.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said the administration report "highlights the crippling effect these reductions will have on our nation's security and underscores the urgent need for the president to work with Congressional Republicans to replace these destructive cuts."
Read more: http://www.rollcall.com/news/gop_pushes_back_on_sequester-217615-1.html?pos=htmbtxt
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