Democrats cry foul as GOP eyes move to cancel spending

[mystery-ak]

Democrats cry foul as GOP eyes move to cancel spending
By Mike Lillis - 04/05/18 01:18 PM EDT

Democrats are lashing out at the notion that President Trump and GOP leaders may seek to eliminate some of the funding increases in the enormous 2018 spending package adopted less than two weeks ago.

Republicans have come under fire in their districts during the spring recess after supporting the $1.3 trillion omnibus bill, which provides a huge bump in both defense and domestic spending, adding hundreds of billions of dollars to federal deficits. In response, Trump and Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) are reportedly in talks to tap an obscure provision of a decades-old budget law to prune some of the spending increases from the package.

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http://thehill.com/homenews/house/381807-democrats-cry-foul-as-gop-eyes-move-to-cancel-spending

[txradioguy]

Democrat Budget Logic:

Dems: "We want the budget for (insert program) raised by 5%"

GOP/President: "We're only going to increase the budget for (insert program) by 2%"


Dems: "THE HEARTLESS REPUBLICANS/PRESIDENT JUST CUT THE BUDGET FOR (INSERT PROGRAM) BY THREE PERCENT!!!"

 

[Fishrrman]

Let 'em cry foul, or whatever else they want to cry.

Just cancel it.

[Free Vulcan]

Hilarious - both that the Dems are crying that they may not get their spending, and that the GOP representatives caught major hell for voting for that ridiculous bill.