Tag Archives: federal budget reforms

Republicans Begin Doublespeak on Budget Cuts

Posted on January 24, 2011 by billmanzi

The House Republican majority has already begun to send mixed signals on just what it is they they would like to see cut, with the Republican leadership and the Republican House Study Committee appearing to differ greatly on what should … Continue reading →

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Republican Budgetary Fiction

Posted on January 4, 2011 by billmanzi

The new Republican majority in the House of Representatives has put in place many new rules and procedures, including a gutting of the budgetary pay-go rules that reflect the right wing insanity on budgets and deficits. In plain language what … Continue reading →

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Paul Ryan at the Wall Street Journal

Posted on December 12, 2010 by billmanzi

Yes I am fascinated with Rep. Paul Ryan. Here is his interview over at the Wall Street Journal. He talks about a bunch of different things. Items that I found interesting: 1) Yes he is a budget “hawk”, but a … Continue reading →

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Republican Response and George Orwell

Posted on December 4, 2010 by billmanzi

The Vice President was deployed for the weekly address this week, and talked about extension of the middle class tax cuts and the extension of unemployment benefits. He failed to mention any prospective deal on those subjects with Congressional Republicans. … Continue reading →

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Bipartisan Agreement Reached: Continue Deficits

Posted on December 3, 2010 by billmanzi

There is so much to talk about on the final report of the Deficit Commission, and so much posturing going on in Washington that it is almost impossible to get it all in one post. With the intersection of the … Continue reading →

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The Earmark Challenge

Posted on November 15, 2010 by billmanzi

The President used his weekly address to talk about the Congressional “earmarking” practice. The President, as is his practice, gave a bit of a mixed message. To paraphrase he said earmarking is bad, but some earmarks go for worthy projects. … Continue reading →

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Deficit Reduction: Walking the Walk

Posted on November 2, 2010 by billmanzi

Republicans appear poised to take over the House of Representatives tonight, with a potential pickup of 50 plus seats. And while politics has been front and center post election governing is starting to creep into the conversation. Deficit reduction and … Continue reading →

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Mitch McConnell Does the Dance

Posted on August 22, 2010 by billmanzi

Republican Senate Leader Mitch McConnell does the dance on the deficit, refusing to say how he would pay for the extension of the Bush tax cuts, and refusing to even discuss Republican House Budget guru Paul Ryan’s Roadmap on Deficit … Continue reading →

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Deficit Reduction? Well Yes, But Maybe No.

Posted on August 20, 2010 by billmanzi

The Wall Street Journal has written a story about the subject garnering a lot of press these days, the deficit. And there are plenty of stories that run directly off the question of how to deal with the deficit, principally … Continue reading →

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Where Is the Beef?

Posted on July 19, 2010 by billmanzi

The Republicans were all over weekend talk shows talking about their prospects for victory in November. Plenty of criticism for the President and Democrats on the deficit, but when repeatedly pressed for one area where they would make substantive change … Continue reading →

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