House Republicans approve budget plan to cut $5tn in spending (details are sketchy)

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

House Republicans approve budget plan to cut $5tn in spending

Associated Press in Washington
Thursday 26 March 2015 01.15 GMT

House Republicans passed a boldly conservative budget on Wednesday night that relies on nearly $5tn (£3.36tn) in cuts to eliminate deficits over the next decade, calls for repealing the health care law, and envisions transformations of the tax code and social programs.

The budget’s final passage, by 228 votes to 199, came shortly after Republicans bumped up recommended defense spending to levels proposed by president Barack Obama.

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Much of the budget’s savings would come from programs that aid low-income demographics, although details were sketchy.

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Still, House passage of a budget marked a significant victory for Speaker John Boehner and the Republican leadership, which have struggled to overcome differences within a fractious rank and file.

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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/mar/26/house-republicans-approve-budget-plan-to-cut-5tn-in-spending

[PoliticAverse]

1. The vote:

http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2015/roll142.xml

All Democrats voting voted against it as did 17 Republicans.

The budget bill: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d114:h.con.res.00027:

[blkmusclmachine]

2. The GOP takes food off your table, and gives more tax cuts to the super rich.

Yeah, we'll get out of this hole if we keep digging.

[Skidmore]

3. You get the government you vote

or don't vote for. Need we say more?

[trusty elf]

4. "Much of the budget’s savings would come from programs that aid low-income demographics"

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How Christian of them.


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