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With a hat tip to Randy's Roundtable for the graphic below:
From Bob Woodward's February 22, 2013 essay about sequestration:
- The Mother Jones (3 Sd To The Left Of The Nation) View Of This Mess
Kevin Drum:As several people have pointed out to me, my headline this morning ("The Republican Defeat in the Budget Deal Was Complete and Total") is satisfying but not entirely true. After all, Republicans did get a continuing resolution...
- Quotation Of The Day
Actually a series of quotations (hat tip to Mike's America): “Obama’s been virtually absent from the legislative process” of replacing his sequester, reports Politico. After getting the $600 billion in tax hikes he wanted last month (with no...
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White House Dossier: White House Sets Ground Rules for Local Interviews by Keith Koffler The White House is doing something with its local TV interviews that it could not easily get away with in encounters with the White House press corps, which President...
- Outlines Of Debt Compromise Emerge
Major Garrett at the National Journal … Here are the outlines of a debt-ceiling deal that congressional leaders and the Obama White House are firming up in preparation for a possible announcement as early as Sunday afternoon. In many respects, the...
- Wtf???
MSNBC: McConnell proposes giving Obama debt ceiling power Increase would take effect unless House, Senate enact legislation disapproving it WASHINGTON — The top Republican in the Senate proposed on Tuesday giving President Barack Obama sweeping new...
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Sequestration Reality Check
With a hat tip to Randy's Roundtable for the graphic below:
From Bob Woodward's February 22, 2013 essay about sequestration:
In fact, the final deal reached between Vice President Biden and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) in 2011 included an agreement that there would be no tax increases in the sequester in exchange for what the president was insisting on: an agreement that the nation’s debt ceiling would be increased for 18 months, so Obama would not have to go through another such negotiation in 2012, when he was running for reelection.What is the motive behind the sequestration-related demonization of the GOP? The 2014 elections?
So when the president asks that a substitute for the sequester include not just spending cuts but also new revenue, he is moving the goal posts. His call for a balanced approach is reasonable, and he makes a strong case that those in the top income brackets could and should pay more. But that was not the deal he made.
- The Mother Jones (3 Sd To The Left Of The Nation) View Of This Mess
Kevin Drum:As several people have pointed out to me, my headline this morning ("The Republican Defeat in the Budget Deal Was Complete and Total") is satisfying but not entirely true. After all, Republicans did get a continuing resolution...
- Quotation Of The Day
Actually a series of quotations (hat tip to Mike's America): “Obama’s been virtually absent from the legislative process” of replacing his sequester, reports Politico. After getting the $600 billion in tax hikes he wanted last month (with no...
-
White House Dossier: White House Sets Ground Rules for Local Interviews by Keith Koffler The White House is doing something with its local TV interviews that it could not easily get away with in encounters with the White House press corps, which President...
- Outlines Of Debt Compromise Emerge
Major Garrett at the National Journal … Here are the outlines of a debt-ceiling deal that congressional leaders and the Obama White House are firming up in preparation for a possible announcement as early as Sunday afternoon. In many respects, the...
- Wtf???
MSNBC: McConnell proposes giving Obama debt ceiling power Increase would take effect unless House, Senate enact legislation disapproving it WASHINGTON — The top Republican in the Senate proposed on Tuesday giving President Barack Obama sweeping new...