President Obama has endorsed the budget plan proposed by Speaker John Boehner, according to White House aides, as the troubled Speaker prepares to retire from the House of Representatives. “We believe this a budget framework that meets the president’s vision,”
Paul Ryan’s previous criticism of the deal to his Republican colleagues was quite pointed, including a declaration that the process “stinks.” But now he expresses optimism that the deal will include “meaningful reforms to strengthen our safety net programs, including significant changes to bolster Social Security,” and fund the military, as well as providing an opportunity to “return to regular order in our budget process.” His evaluation has been upgraded from stinky to “some good, some bad, and some ugly.”
The secret, top-level process used to create the federal budget for 2016 and 2017 really “stinks,” says Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), who is likely to replace Rep. John Boehner as House Speaker this week. But he did not promise to vote against the $8 trillion plan.
House Ways and Means Committee chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) is silent and offering no opinion on legislation currently being crafted in Washington, D.C., back rooms that would raise the debt ceiling and bind Congress to a multi-year budget deal
Republican presidential candidate Ohio Governor John Kasich discussed his taxation, budgeting, and regulatory plans on Thursday’s “Hannity” on the Fox News Channel. Kasich said, “we have a legitimate plan, that freezes the non-defense discretionary, does put more money into defense
White House press secretary Josh Earnest consistently vows that President Obama would veto a bill from House Republicans that fully defunds Planned Parenthood. But he remained open to the idea that Obama might sign a bill that partially defunds the abortion corporation.
GOP frontrunner Donald Trump thinks Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) is “a very nice guy,” but “far from [his] first choice” to be the next Speaker of the House.
The pending Republican move to defund Planned Parenthood will depend on four GOP Senators who are facing tough swing-state elections in 2016, and who must decide whether to alienate feminist or pro-life groups.
Saturday in his weekly address, President Barack Obama called on Congress to pass a long-term budget agreement saying, “I will not sign another shortsighted, short-term spending bill,” which sets up a deadline for the budget negotiations of Dec. 11. Transcript
GOP presidential candidate former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee blasted the priorities of Washington politicians as “pathetic and absolutely absurd” when asked about his reaction to the Planned Parenthood hearing on Tuesday.
In his Labor Day weekend video address, President Barack Obama the economic progress over the past five-and-a-half years and made a push for Congress to pass a new budget by month’s end. Transcript as follows: Hello, everybody. I hope most
The deadlock is almost an existential disagreement between Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and Democrat leadership in the state Legislature.
President Obama urged Congress to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank and pass a budget that doesn’t lock in the sequester during Saturday’s weekly address. Transcript as Follows: “Hi, everybody. Seven years after the worst economic crisis in generations, our economy continues
Senator John Thune (R-SD) urged Senate Democrats to pass a budget cutting spending, entitlement reform, and the Keystone XL Pipeline during Saturday’s GOP Weekly Address. Transcript as Follows: “Hi, I’m Senator John Thune from the great state of South Dakota.
As the Chicago Public School District’s budget continues to crash, officials have announced the next round of layoffs, with over 450 employees getting the axe in schools across the city.
Tuesday in Pittsburgh, at the 116th Veterans of Foreign Wars national convention, President Barack Obama accused the Republican budget of “Increasing risk to our troops.” Obama said, “Some of the reckless budget cuts under sequestration that is going on in
Left-wing Democrats in California are demanding that Governor Jerry Brown increase spending as he attempts to keep the state budget in the black. The battle allows rank-and-file Democrats to pose as champions of various issues dear to their constituents while Brown can be seen as a fiscal moderate.
The Economist magazine this week splashes on Chancellor George Osborne’s budget, with the headline “The New Conservatism: George Osborne’s political vision is brave, bold—and on many counts wrong”. It read (emphasis added): On July 8th Mr Osborne rose to give the
Free market think tanks have denounced “left wing” Tory plans to hike the minimum wage to £9 an hour as “intellectually bankrupt.” They accused the government of knowingly sacrificing jobs and “putting politics ahead of good policy.” By the government’s own prediction
On Tuesday, a Cook County judge ruled that the state of Illinois cannot continue to pay state workers until the legislature passes a full budget.
A panel of eight County Medical Services Program (CMSP) board members appointed largely by unelected, government administrative officials unanimously decided Thursday to give health insurance to illegal aliens that aren’t low income and don’t qualify for California’s Obamacare health exchange
On Monday, California Assemblyman Scott Wilk (R-Santa Clarita) became the first member of the GOP to vote for the state budget in years–because he accidentally voted for it while he was dallying with Facebook, where he opposed it, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
On Monday, the California legislature, dominated by Democrats, is voting on a $117.5 billion budget. However, Governor Jerry Brown has not indicated he favors the amount of increased spending, which includes billions more in funding for public schools, and would implement a new tax credit for lower economic class.
Democrats in the California State Assembly are being accused of using the state budget to execute retribution against opponents of highly contentious vaccine mandate legislation.
To put it in Democrats’ favorite terms: how many people will die needlessly because Democrats in California refused to spend the money to make our roads safe?
Ohio Governor John Kasich (R) defended Common Core and his state’s Medicaid expansion while touting other parts of his record as governor on Tuesday’s “Sean Hannity Show.” Kasich mostly discussed his broader record as a governor and member of Congress,
President Obama attacked the GOP budget for weakening financial regulation that is key to “protecting working Americans’ paychecks” during Saturday’s weekly address. Transcript as Follows: “Hi, everybody. Five years ago, after the worst financial crisis in decades, we passed historic
The House of Representatives passed a $3.8 trillion budget for fiscal year 2016 on Wednesday. The final House measure calls for $96 billion in Pentagon spending, much more than the $58 billion President Obama’s budget calls for.
Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY) touted the Republican Party’s “responsible plan that balances the budget in ten years with no new tax hikes” during the GOP Weekly Address on Saturday. Transcript (via ABC News Radio) as Follows: “Hello. I’m Senator Mike
Columnist Tom Rogan argued that President Obama’s budget was “using military spending” as leverage to get what he wants on domestic policies, a move he said was “an extraordinary neglect of responsibility” on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.” “I think one problematic
Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) criticized President Obama’s budget as “more of the same” and outlined the budget plan the GOP will unveil during Saturday’s Weekly Address. Transcript (via ABC News Radio) as Follows: “Hi, I’m U.S. Senator Rob Portman from
The combined wealth of America’s 537 billionaires would not be enough to fund the nation’s budget for even a single year.
On Monday, President Barack Obama’s budget will include a proposal to impose new taxes on trillions of dollars in profits accumulated by U.S. companies who do business overseas.
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This article was authored and submitted to Breitbart Texas by Texas State Senator Charles Perry.
