GOP’s Flim-Flam Man 10 year plan to be voted on in House next week

Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

The House Republican 2012 budget resolution was reported out of the Budget Committee on Wednesday night after only a day-long markup. It now heads to the House floor for a vote set for next week. Ryan budget advances to House floor:

As expected, the budget was approved along party lines, with 22 Republicans voting yes and 16 Democrats voting no.

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Two non-controversial Democratic amendments were accepted.

One would allow states to keep certain types of welfare funds rather than returning them to Washington.

The other, offered by Van Hollen, split the Republicans on the panel but got Ryan's vote. That amendment stated that to solve the budget deficit, security spending must be fully on the table. Ryan argued that his budget, in finding $78 billion in Defense spending to cut, does put it on the table, so the amendment is not objectionable.

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Through their amendments, Democrats can now say they have Republicans on the record refusing to end Bush tax cuts for millionaires; to end Medicaid cuts for seniors in nursing homes; to guarantee no taxes will be raised on those making less than $200,000 a year; to end tax breaks to allow multinational escape paying taxes; to block cuts to Head Start and elementary education; to stop cuts to medical research, new food safety laws, the COPS program and funding for firefighters; to guarantee Social Security won't be privatized; and to fund the Dodd-Frank financial regulations.

The Ryan Roadmap to America's Future Ruin has no chance of passage in the Senate. This is just another useless ideological exercise to play to the Tea-Party base and to provide news content to FAUX News. These unserious people are wasting everyone's time with their ideological nonsense.