Last summer, Republicans in Congress agreed to increase the federal debt limit in exchange for the Democrats’ pledge to cap future spending at agreed-upon levels. The compromise was embodied in the Budget Control Act; discretionary spending was to increase by no more than $7 billion in the current fiscal year.Comment:
All of that drama last summer for this? Anyway, those on the Republican side who joined the Democrats
The Federal government is out of control. Who or what can change this? Will it take a disaster of the first magnitude to get these people to shape up?
Not to mention that if enough of the red state senators held up, this wouldn't have happened. But all Democrats voted for it.
Like I said at the time, the Democrats got what they wanted, and put on an Oscar winning performance about how bad a deal it was.
Lets see, 60% have consistently said that we are on the wrong track. One of these polls needs to ask what needs to be done to put the country back on the right track. It doesn't look as if anything has changed politically that will do that, if the Senate's action is any indication. The Buffet rule? That won't raise anywhere near the revenue needed. Does the public want the kind of massive tax increases necessary? Evidently, the public doesn't want cuts, or even a slow down in the rate of growth. A slow down in the rate of growth was all this deal was, and they can't even keep their word on that. One thing is clear, something must be done, because this isn't working.
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