House G.O.P. Budget Riles Some on the Right, and Democrats See a Campaign Issue
By JONATHAN WEISMAN
NYT
WASHINGTON — House Republicans pressed forward on Wednesday with a politically freighted budget and tax plan, taking fire from the left and the right, as well as from the powerful senior citizens lobby, AARP, which said the plan “lacks balance” and “jeopardizes the health and economic security of older Americans.”
Before the House Budget Committee passed the plan on Wednesday night, its advocates were running a gantlet of opposition. Writing “on behalf of over 38 million members,” the AARP’s chief executive, A. Barry Rand, said the budget would “likely ‘price out’ traditional Medicare as a viable option” and harm Medicaid and food stamps. In the end, the bill squeaked through in an 18-to-19 vote, with 2 Republican defections.
On the right, the conservative political action committee Club for Growth said the budget “falls short” by not balancing the budget in a decade and nullifying automatic, across-the-board spending cuts agreed to in last summer’s Budget Control Act in the event that a special select committee on deficit reduction failed to agree on bipartisan deficit controls.
“The Club for Growth urges Republicans to support a budget that balances in the near future and complies with the Budget Control Act,” said Chris Chocola, the group’s president.
(More here.)
NYT
WASHINGTON — House Republicans pressed forward on Wednesday with a politically freighted budget and tax plan, taking fire from the left and the right, as well as from the powerful senior citizens lobby, AARP, which said the plan “lacks balance” and “jeopardizes the health and economic security of older Americans.”
Before the House Budget Committee passed the plan on Wednesday night, its advocates were running a gantlet of opposition. Writing “on behalf of over 38 million members,” the AARP’s chief executive, A. Barry Rand, said the budget would “likely ‘price out’ traditional Medicare as a viable option” and harm Medicaid and food stamps. In the end, the bill squeaked through in an 18-to-19 vote, with 2 Republican defections.
On the right, the conservative political action committee Club for Growth said the budget “falls short” by not balancing the budget in a decade and nullifying automatic, across-the-board spending cuts agreed to in last summer’s Budget Control Act in the event that a special select committee on deficit reduction failed to agree on bipartisan deficit controls.
“The Club for Growth urges Republicans to support a budget that balances in the near future and complies with the Budget Control Act,” said Chris Chocola, the group’s president.
(More here.)
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