by Bill Scher | Mar 25, 2015 | Uncategorized
House Votes Budget Today House GOP leadership expects to pass budget today. The Hill: "GOP leaders believe the House will eventually back the amended version of the Price budget, which would increase a Pentagon war fund to $96 billion and require no offsets ... Under...
by Bill Scher | Mar 24, 2015 | Uncategorized
House GOP Struggles To Pass Budget House GOP sets up tricky budget votes Wednesday. The Hill: "House Republicans have decided to pursue the risky strategy of holding two separate floor votes on the GOP budget blueprint Wednesday ... One of the amendments allows a vote...
by Bill Scher | Mar 24, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, People's Budget
Over at Real Clear Politics, I explain why Republicans are taking a big risk by committing themselves to balancing the budget in a nine-to-10 year timeframe, without raising revenue or significantly affecting the military. The result is a budget that would completely...
by Bill Scher | Mar 23, 2015 | Uncategorized
Budget Votes Loom House faces delicate budget votes this week. Politico: "Some Republican deficit hawks will vote against the budget resolution. But Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) — who heads the House Freedom Caucus, a group of roughly two dozen hard-line conservatives —...
by Bill Scher | Mar 20, 2015 | Uncategorized
Republicans Move Towards Unity On Budget Senate Budget Committee advances budget in party-line vote. The Hill. "Before final approval, the panel accepted an amendment from Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) that increases the Pentagon’s war...
