Tuesday, July 19, 2011
And the door to another dimension opens
In the eleventy seven dimension chess that is DC budget negotiations, another door has opened and another beast has been unleashed on the unsuspecting public. This time it is everybody's favorites, the Gang of Six or Whatever This Week.
President Obama heaped praise on a deficit-reduction proposal produced by bipartisan group of senators known as the "Gang of Six," calling it a "significant step" and arguing that members on both side of the aisle are beginning to coalesce around a balanced approach involving cuts to entitlements and tax increases.As I try to follow all these budget things it strikes me that Republicans must be born with Teflon assholes because their elected officials are always trying to stick up there. Democrats would need an awful lot more lube to take it that often.
"We're in the same playing field and my hope is that we start gathering everybody in the next couple of days" on an agreement, Obama told reporters in a brief appearance in the White House briefing room Tuesday.
"...We're seeing the potential for a bipartisan consensus around [the Gang of Six proposal]...but there are still a lot of difficult negotiations to get something done," he added.
Obama called on all Congressional leaders to support the proposal that includes both significant cuts and revenue raisers (i.e. tax increases and loophole closures.) He also said the plan proposed by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is necessary to consider but only as a backstop if agreement on a broader deal falls apart.
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