Democrats are planning to turn the tables on Republicans this fall, making fiscal responsibility a campaign issue by accusing the opposition party of hypocritically increasing the debt after billing themselves as fiscal hawks in past elections.
Democrats attacked GOP lawmakers for backing the amendment after passing $1.5 trillion in tax cuts last year, and negotiating a bipartisan bill earlier this year that increased federal spending.
"The party of so-called fiscal hawks has become the party of fiscal hypocrites. They know it, and so do the American people."
Conor Lamb, the Democrat who won a Pennsylvania special election in a pro-Trump district last month, used the same formula, tying the tax cut deficits to future Social Security and Medicare cuts in one ad. Republicans lawmakers have also irked some of their closest allies with their approach on fiscal issues.
"For Republicans who voted for that omnibus to turn around and then sanctimoniously vote for a balanced budget amendment, it's hypocrisy, and I think Americans know that," Phillips told RCP. The Koch network has pledged to spend upward of $400 million on the 2018 elections, and already spent millions pushing for and praising the tax cuts.
Rep. Tom Cole, a Republican member of the budget and appropriations committees, said it would be hypocritical of his party to vote on the balanced budget amendment - but only if members didn't also pursue legislation to actually achieve those budgets.
Rep. Charlie Dent, one of several dozen Republican lawmakers retiring after this year, rejected the notion that debt or fiscal responsibility would sway voters this fall, although he didn't necessarily mean that as a positive for his party.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/04/12/flipping_script_dems_attack_gop_on_fiscal_responsibility__136797.html
Democrats attacked GOP lawmakers for backing the amendment after passing $1.5 trillion in tax cuts last year, and negotiating a bipartisan bill earlier this year that increased federal spending.
"The party of so-called fiscal hawks has become the party of fiscal hypocrites. They know it, and so do the American people."
Conor Lamb, the Democrat who won a Pennsylvania special election in a pro-Trump district last month, used the same formula, tying the tax cut deficits to future Social Security and Medicare cuts in one ad. Republicans lawmakers have also irked some of their closest allies with their approach on fiscal issues.
"For Republicans who voted for that omnibus to turn around and then sanctimoniously vote for a balanced budget amendment, it's hypocrisy, and I think Americans know that," Phillips told RCP. The Koch network has pledged to spend upward of $400 million on the 2018 elections, and already spent millions pushing for and praising the tax cuts.
Rep. Tom Cole, a Republican member of the budget and appropriations committees, said it would be hypocritical of his party to vote on the balanced budget amendment - but only if members didn't also pursue legislation to actually achieve those budgets.
Rep. Charlie Dent, one of several dozen Republican lawmakers retiring after this year, rejected the notion that debt or fiscal responsibility would sway voters this fall, although he didn't necessarily mean that as a positive for his party.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/04/12/flipping_script_dems_attack_gop_on_fiscal_responsibility__136797.html
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