Posted on 12/11/2013 9:05:49 AM PST by robowombat
Boehner Slaps Conservatives: 'This is Ridiculous'
By Susan Jones
(CNSNews.com) - House Speaker John Boehner on Wednesday took a swipe at conservative groups that "came out and opposed" a bipartisan budget deal "before they ever saw it."
"They're using our members, and they're using the American people for their own goals. This is ridiculous," he said at a Republican news conference.
"Listen, if you're for more deficit reduction, you're for this agreement," he snapped.
The Heritage Foundation said the budget deal "thoroughly disappoints," and the conservative group offers "three key facts on the sour deal": It busts through supposed spending caps; it taxes and spends; and it spends now and delays savings until later.
Heritage also noted that budget conferees failed to make substantive reforms to entitlement programs, which it describes as the real drivers of spending and debt.
Likewise, Americans for Prosperity said the deal reverses "hard-won bipartisan spending limits set by the sequester."
"Spending levels were set by law at $967 billion. Exceeding those levels by $45 billion takes us in the wrong direction; further from fiscal responsibility, and further from the promise made to the American people."
And FreedomWorks is urging a "no" vote on the bipartisan plan, saying it "is not acceptable to fiscal conservatives."
"The proposed plan would increase spending $63 billion above the budget caps set by Budget Control Act of 2011—the only actual spending control achieved by Congress under the Obama Administration. The deal claims to offset these costs by increasing various fees, and by making small reforms to government pensions. These new fees aren’t being used to shrink government or balance the budget; they’re simply a mask to help hide the breaching of the budget caps," FreedomWorks said.
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), who led the Republican negotiations, said on Wednesday that the budget agreement "maintains 72 percent of the sequester in the next year and a half, and it preserves 92 percent of the sequester over the life of the sequester."
He said Democrats wanted the sequester completely replaced, but "we didn't agree with that." He also emphasized the importance of finding "common ground" with Democrats.
"We know that this budget agreement doesn't come close to achieving what we want to achieve on our ultimate fiscal goals, but again, if we can get a step in the right direction, we're going to take that step and that's why we're doing this," Ryan said.
McConnell & John Boehner got played again with so-called cuts coming down the road, but not at the moment, turns back the clock on sequestration.
Boner is just mad that we’ve finally caught on to his game.
There is none.
Oh, brother. Do you really think we're going to get major entitlement reform with Murray at the table and a Dem Senate?
There's pragmatism and then there's dreaming. Heritage is dreaming.
Ryan must be taking directions now from the Borens of OK.
It’s looking to me more like the halfwit of concern here is Paul Ryan. He’s the sellout. Patty won.
This is a dog and pony show.
It is just a paper tiger so the “at risk” incumbants can vote “no” and pretend victory.
They lie and lie and some of you still believe them.
“One of the Contract’s cornerstones - the Congressional Accountability Act, which required lawmakers to live under the same rules and regulations as the rest of the nation – bears the unmistakable print of his drive to change the way Congress works.”
Are the House members having to live under obamacare like all of us... or are they exempt??? I know the answer and it makes this statement a lie.
patty kicked his sorry butt and wiped the bathroom stalls with his face.
There are still a few around here who think we should all just wear the jersey with the big R and shut up. Fewer, but there’re still some around.
“’Listen, if you’re for more deficit reduction, you’re for this agreement,’ he snapped.”
Boehner had too much Cutty Sark for breakfast. His statement is demonstrable nonsense on its face.
He should be called on it and dumped in 2014.
Ha—pretty close.
Oh, you KNEW Patty Murray was going to win these “Negotiations” or Harry Reid would have handled them personally.
Paul Ryan is going to need a minder from the Tea Party because he’s certainly acting like John Boehner’s lackey.
Somehow because he’s as boring as an accountant we gave Ryan credit for being some kind of a conservative.
He’s proved himself to be a pro-amnesty, big government, over-ambitious, go-along-to-get-ahead sellout, however.
That he’s part of Boehner’s leadership team should have told us all we needed to know.
No, cry-baby. YOU’RE ridiculous.
Fire his azz.
The GOP is 100% for RomneyCARE/ObamaCARE. Again.
And there is NOTHING anyone can do to change it.
They have destroyed the America YOU knew.
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