House Republicans are in a bind. They control the chamber of Congress
in which all tax and spending bills originate, giving them some
responsibility for the nation’s fiscal policy. But Democrats hold the
White House and Senate, meaning that the GOP’s ideas on taxes and
spending won’t actually get very far.
John Boehner’s battalions were supposed to fight an epic battle with President Barack Obama over spending during the fiscal cliff negotiations. That was a big part of the point of the cliff in the first place, to impose deficit reduction on a balky Congress. Instead they voted to delay the automatic spending cuts by months and extend more than 80 percent of the Bush tax cuts.
Read more: http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/boehners-fiscal-long-game/
John Boehner’s battalions were supposed to fight an epic battle with President Barack Obama over spending during the fiscal cliff negotiations. That was a big part of the point of the cliff in the first place, to impose deficit reduction on a balky Congress. Instead they voted to delay the automatic spending cuts by months and extend more than 80 percent of the Bush tax cuts.
Read more: http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/boehners-fiscal-long-game/
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