Missing another self-imposed deadline, Congress left town Thursday after rejecting two more deficit-reduction plans that would have prevented $85 billion in automatic cuts from kicking in Friday.Both the House and Senate called it quits for the week despite warnings from both parties that the automatic cuts, known as the sequester, would devastate popular domestic programs and undercut the Pentagon's ability to protect the nation.
"We've tried everything we can," said Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev.
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No, Harry, you haven't tried everything. Try dealing with a real budget, since it's been a few years since you've even thought about one.
ReplyDeleteTry stopping all the handouts. Its getting ridiculous! Work my tail off all week to afford hamburger while others who get 900 month in food stamps buy steak.. Somethings wrong, terribly wrong with this country
ReplyDelete8:36 I was going to say something similar. Congress left town on Thursday? Oh yeah, they're real serious about the budget.
ReplyDeleteHopefully they will just stay gone.
ReplyDelete"We've tried everything to hide the truth from the American people"
ReplyDeleteHarry Reid...
he's still getting paid!
ReplyDeleteSince the majority of the senate is democrat , the will blame it on the republicans.
ReplyDeleteCome on revolution!
The sky is falling the sky is falling. No its not just a bunch of liberal bs.
ReplyDeleteThe senate n white house are the real source of all these lies n incompetence
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