Obama Rejects GOP’s Short Term Spending Budget
Posted by Jim Hoft on Tuesday, April 5, 2011, 5:59 AM
As government nears a historic shutdown, President Barack Obama dismissed the Republican stop-gap plan today.
The Washington Post reported:
As federal officials began formal preparations for a government shutdown, the Obama administration told House members on Tuesday that their version of a short-term spending budget was a no-go, according to a congressional aid familiar with the talks.
Senate and House leaders have been struggling to reach an agreement over tens of billions of dollars in spending cuts that would avert the federal work stoppage. The latest parry from the White House comes as they prepared to meet with the president to discuss the talks Tuesday morning.
After weeks of negotiating over money, time is now also a major concern. There is general agreement that both chambers must cut a deal by Tuesday night if it is to work its way through both chambers and reach Obama’s desk before the government runs out of money Friday.
Late Monday, a senior White House aide told top agency officials to begin preparations for how to handle a shutdown, a move that was echoed in a statement by Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) to House leaders.
But Boehner also announced his intention to offer Obama and Senate Democrats another stopgap funding measure that would keep federal funding flowing for an additional week.
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Remember commented:
Commies NEED chaos.
Robert commented:
Shut it down.
The longer the better.
The federal government is not the be-all and end-all of America.
Khan Krum commented:
I do not think the socialists are going to be able to spin this one the way they did in ’95. There are a few hard-core facts that will thwart this attempt:
– the Democrat-Socialists controlled both houses of congress and the presidency last year and failed to pass a budget; and
– we are bankrupt, broke, out of money and everyone knows it.
The child view is gimme more, I don’t care how you get it. The adult view is that we need to start being fiscally disciplined and responsible. Call me a fool, but I’m going to put my money on the adult option. I don’t know, I just feel optimistic or something.
burt commented:
STOP the pay checks to the President!
Ladue Pundit commented:
The GOP has taken the bait and squandered every moment of OUR victory propping up the government 2 weeks at a time. What fools.
Fit it up or SHUT IT DOWN.
(I prefer the latter.)
Sally commented:
Michelle Malkin has extensive coverage and links to the bill. I give Mr. Ryan, et al great credit. Ms Pelosi will have non of any sane solution, of course (as you state, #1)
http://michellemalkin.com/2011/04/05/the-government-shutdown-tournament-white-house-rejects-gop-short-term-cr/
StrangernFiction commented:
But this is because Barry wants to make actual cuts that will have a real impact on the budget. Although he doesn’t propose those either because the Republicans will beat him over the head with them. Do I have that right Juan Williams?
StrangernFiction commented:
SHUT. IT. DOWN.
Sally commented:
ps: ..as she says, the WH now owns the shutdown
CT commented:
It’s all on you and your lackeys Obama.
Freddy commented:
Let’s think about this for one reasonable second.
Obama is not happy because someone else does not want to spend as much as he does. So, Obama’s solution is to shut it off all together? I wonder how long someone that wants more spending can get by with less? Other than the clueless silly pundits that think gamesmanship is more important than reality, is there anyone taking the shut down noise seriously?
Ginger commented:
If I got this right Barry wants 5 Billion for his mad money that he does not have to account for is in the budget that the communist/socialist/demo-rats want!
ditto commented:
Congress..shut down the vacations and the paychecks to the WH first! No more vacations! Let them be first to have some skin in the game!
Militant Conservative commented:
“Government is not the solution, Government IS the problem” –Ronald Reagan
powder is dry
Mark1957 commented:
One interesting thing about a government shut down is that all the agencies must decide which employees are “essential” and which ones are not. This makes it very clear as to who’s job to cut. A very bloated federal government is a target rich enviroment leading up to the 2012 budget debate.
Mark commented:
From what I understand, the Republican proposal STILL leaves about $1.5 trillion in deficit spending, plus all the unfunded liabilities that NEVER make it onto a gubmint balance sheet. Count on the Republicowards to cave, also, to run a complete bozo for pres.
Bachmann now! Boner and Bitch McConnell out. New leadership for the party, out with the embalmed present bunch.
Ella commented:
SHUT IT DOWN NOW.
Note to libs: WE WON.
mg4us commented:
Palin was right. . Obama has NO executive experience. . what is this crap of funding the government a week or two at a time. . this is irresponsible!!
Time for the GOP to be the grown-ups in the room and demand a budget that works or NO GO!!
No business could ever run like the way these BOZOs in Washington run our country. . .
Also, look at March results. .net Gov’t inflows are about one eighth of what they spend. .as Reagan used to say is not that we have a revenue problem . . . it is that the Government spends far more than it receives. .
The Gov’t even redeemed some short term notes only to issue even more credit. . now what bank or lender in their right mind would lend much more to a borrower than what they already owed and couldn’t repay? No one unless “payment” is in some other form. . like bribes and favors. . .
And it is also time to hold the debt limit firm.
Obama is playing you as is Schumer & Reid. The only thing EXTREME is the Government’s appetite to spend & spend & spend (and tax too!).
Boehner. . .time to shut DC down. . . if you did not hear America last November, perhaps you and the other RINOs (along with those commie/socialist DemocRATS) will next election.
fugazi commented:
It will be interesting to see if the 1995 template holds again. This time we have alternative media and the simple fact that the dems have refused to do a budget for the last six months. The fiscal year is almost half over and the dems have yet to do their most basic duty – craft a budget for FY 2011.
The MSM will go into overtime trying to paint the GOP as ‘extremist’ and ‘partisan’. The scary thing is that the dems are 100% confident that this is a winner for them.
We’ll see.
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