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Tuesday, March 15, 2011

54 GOPers Buck Leaders As Short-Term Budget Bill Passes House

The House has passed a stopgap measure to continue funding the federal government until April 8, with over 50 Republicans bucking their leadership to oppose the three-week spending bill.

Fifty-four Republicans – more than many observers expected -- voted against the continuing resolution, which GOP critics said demonstrated a lack of seriousness about solving the nation’s long-term budget woes.

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I would hope that Andy Harris was one of them. 2 billion a week in cuts is less than the interest we pay in a day on the national debt. I think they all need new caculators. But then they would probably pay $900 a piece for them.