House Republicans looking for deeper cuts
Image via WikipediaHouse Republicans on Wednesday refused to yield in their pledge to uphold a campaign promise to reduce federal spending to 2008 levels despite an impasse with Democrats over the budget that threatens to shut down the government.Is the Tea Party still alive? They have not spent any of their political capital on supporting Wisconsin Republicans who are in a budget fight of their own.
Republican lawmakers essentially thumbed their noses at the Democrats Wednesday by reintroducing legislation that would cut $61 billion through September, the end of the current fiscal year. The Senate, run by Democrats, has already rejected the plan and declared the cuts too steep to support.
But Republican leaders are facing increasing pressure from their large faction of fiscal conservatives, who in turn are getting an earful from the Tea Party activists who helped elect them to Congress. Tea Party groups are planning a rally at the Capitol Thursday to pressure Republicans to hold their ground in the budget talks and refuse to settle for fewer cuts.
The GOP bill would not only reinstate their original budget-cutting legislation, but would stipulate that if the government shuts down, neither members of Congress nor the president would be paid.
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On ploy they might consider on the social issues and Obamacare is make the Democrats accept double the amount of the original cuts to put the items back in the spending bill. I have one candidate that should be a ripe target--previously rejected high speed rail funds. There are several billion dollars that the Democrats are trying to recirculate into blue states after the funds were rejected by red states. Strip those funds from the bill and we should wind up with even bigger savings.
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