House Republicans have walked away from deficit reduction talks multiple times, but will they walk away from the Joint Committee before Congressional leaders have even appointed members to the Committee? While Democrats want to work together on a balanced approach to reduce the deficit, GOP leaders are already drawing lines in the sand – suggesting that both revenues and entitlements should be off the table:
House Republicans have walked away from deficit reduction talks multiple times, but will they walk away from the Joint Committee before Congressional leaders have even appointed members to the Committee? While Democrats want to work together on a balanced approach to reduce the deficit, GOP leaders are already drawing lines in the sand – suggesting that both revenues and entitlements should be off the table:
Last week Republicans returned to their districts and were “shocked” to hear that job creation was the dominant issue constituents wanted to discuss. Since taking the House majority, Republicans have said that job creation would be a top priority. Unfortunately they’ve taken little action on jobs.
Wanted to be sure you saw this article in The Hill highlighting how the Affordable Care Act has saved seniors $460 million on prescription drugs. While Democrats are working hard to help lower health care costs for seniors, Republicans have voted multiple times to end Medicare and re-open the prescription drug donut hole, which would affect four million seniors and cost them an additional $44 billion by 2020, including $2.2 billion in 2012 alone.
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Boehner Spokesperson: “If we pass this today, we will have sent not one, but two bills to the Senate that would end this crisis.”
Today’s headlines show it was a tough morning for House Republicans as they continue to push a short-term debt limit proposal that doesn’t have support within its own party and is destined to fail in the Senate. Rather than wasting time with a bill that will never reach the President’s desk, Republicans need to work with Democrats on a long-term, balanced agreement to pay our bills and reduce the deficit.
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