Boehner Slams White House for Offering "Pre-Election Shopping List" of More Job-Killing Spending
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Boehner Slams White House for Offering "Pre-Election Shopping List" of More Job-Killing Spending
Congressman John Boehner (R-West Chester) today expressed disappointment that instead of embracing Republican calls for immediate spending cuts, the White House reportedly released a "pre-election shopping list" of new spending items totaling more than $25 billion. Republicans have warned that excessive government spending, along with continuing uncertainty facing small businesses, is hampering job creation in America, and called for bipartisan action this month to cut spending and stop all of the coming tax hikes.
"President Obama and his team just don't get it. Excessive government spending and the uncertainty facing small businesses are crippling job creation in our country, yet the White House just keeps piling it on in both departments. Last week, House Republicans called for President Obama and congressional Democrats to work with us to address these problems by passing legislation to cut non-security spending back to pre-stimulus, pre-bailout 2008 levels and freezing all tax rates for the next two years. It's very disappointing that instead of signaling a willingness to cut spending, the White House today is plotting billions in new spending that our economy can't afford."
NOTE: The Associated Press reports, "The Obama administration is pushing a pre-election shopping list on its Democratic allies in Congress as they prepare must-pass legislation to prevent a government shutdown next month. Republicans are protesting the spending requests A back-of-the-envelope tally by Republicans puts the price tag of the Obama requests at more than $25 billion The White House is targeting a bill to continue funding the government past the Sept. 30 end of the fiscal year to carry its spending requests. The measure is needed because Congress is failing to pass the annual spending bills that fund the day-to-day operations of the government. Such stopgap funding bills typically don't carry controversial legislation or large spending initiatives. But the stopgap measure is the last measure that Congress absolutely has to pass before the elections, and so it is a tempting target on which to add unfinished business."
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