For Dems, GOP budget is Christmas
By: Seung Min Kim
Politico.com
March 19, 2012 11:25 PM EDT
To Democrats, the release of the House GOP budget is like Christmas in March. And they’re planning a celebration of sorts.
Democrats are organizing media blitzes, House floor speeches and town halls back home to seize on the changes to Medicare that Republicans are expected to propose Tuesday. To blunt GOP talking points that only Republicans are willing to confront the debt, Democrats intend to unveil their own budget next week calling for a mix of spending cuts and tax hikes on the rich.
The Republican budget plan last year was a political winner for Democrats, and party leaders expect nothing less this time around.
“They can run, but they cannot hide from their Medicare plan, which ends the Medicare guarantee at the same time they’re providing big new tax breaks to millionaires and protecting special interest tax loopholes,” Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) told POLITICO in an interview Monday.
(More here.)
Politico.com
March 19, 2012 11:25 PM EDT
To Democrats, the release of the House GOP budget is like Christmas in March. And they’re planning a celebration of sorts.
Democrats are organizing media blitzes, House floor speeches and town halls back home to seize on the changes to Medicare that Republicans are expected to propose Tuesday. To blunt GOP talking points that only Republicans are willing to confront the debt, Democrats intend to unveil their own budget next week calling for a mix of spending cuts and tax hikes on the rich.
The Republican budget plan last year was a political winner for Democrats, and party leaders expect nothing less this time around.
“They can run, but they cannot hide from their Medicare plan, which ends the Medicare guarantee at the same time they’re providing big new tax breaks to millionaires and protecting special interest tax loopholes,” Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) told POLITICO in an interview Monday.
(More here.)
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1 Comments:
Great. More TV ads showing the Grandma in a wheelchair being pushed off a cliff. Is that anyway to start a substantive discussion? Where is the Senate budget?
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