Budget Cuts

    That Budget Deal Some of You Love Isn’t Much of a Deal

    By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  April 13th at 05:23 PM  | 

    That budget deal some of you have been going ga-ga over? Turns out it does not cut $38.5 billion. According to the Congressional Budget Office, it only cuts $353 million. Tim Pawlenty is the first 2012 candidate coming out of the gate in opposition to the deal. He’s urging Republicans to vote against it. Frankly, at this point, any House Republican who votes for the | Read More »

    House GOP to Tea Party: We’re Too Important to Have Our Budgets Cut

    By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  February 18th at 11:24 AM  | 

    With a hat tip to Drew Ryun for the title of the post, Tim Carney brings word this morning that some Republicans think they are too important to have their budgets cut. The Republican Study Committee, the organization of conservatives in the House of Representatives, is proposing further cuts in spending to Congress’s budget. Some Republicans are flipping out and going to 12 on a | Read More »

    House GOP’s Spending Cut Less Than Expected

    By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  February 9th at 11:11 AM  | 

    Here is the only piece you need to read about the House GOP’s budget cuts and how insignificant they are. House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R.-Wis.) is filing a budget limit this week that would cut government spending by $32 billion starting March 5.  The Appropriations Committee will use the new spending levels to determine specific government department cuts and write a new Continuing | Read More »