By CARL HULSE, NYT
August 1, 2010
WASHINGTON — After months of partisan impasse, the House on Monday approved a budget agreement intended to head off a potential government default, pushing Congress a big step closer to the conclusion of a bitter fight that has left both parties bruised and exhausted.
Despite the tension and uncertainty that has surrounded efforts to raise the debt ceiling, the vote of 269 to 161 was relatively strong in support of the plan, which would cut more than $2.1 trillion in government spending over 10 years while extending the borrowing authority of the Treasury Department. It would also create a powerful new joint Congressional committee to recommend broad changes in spending — and possibly in tax policy — to reduce the deficit.
Yeh right, a deal: Looks to me like somebody left the door open. DC is a bad neighborhood infested with Neoconservative crooks that will steal your milk money and your children’s piggy bank.
imo…Kucinich is right. Raise the debt ceiling,, but let the people who are paying for all of this decide what kind of cuts will be made during the 2012 elections. Key words:…Send me a bill that I can sign