House Approves Ryan Budget

[octoberlib]

The House on Thursday narrowly approved Rep. Paul Ryan’s spending blueprint. The final vote was 219-205. It’s an important symbolic victory for the Wisconsin Republican and potential GOP presidential contender.

No Democrats voted for the 10-year-spending plan and the bill won’t go anywhere in the Senate, but the document has come to represent a marker for where the Republican Party, its leaders and rank-and-file House members stand on fiscal policy.


Twelve Republicans defected. The last time the Ryan budget passed the House, there were 10 Republicans who opposed the measure.

Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., criticized the GOP budget plan as a “road to recession.”

http://blogs.rollcall.com/218/house-approves-ryan-budget/

[NightWatcher]

1. since they are passing futile shit, why not repeal Obamacare a dozen more times too?

Then they can defund ACORN, approve the Louisiana Purchase, sign the Articles of Confederation, and congratulate the 1968 Tigers on winning the World Series.

[octoberlib]

3. Agree. Wasting taxpayer's money is what they're doing nt

[sakabatou]

2. It's DOA

[Tom Rinaldo]

4. I'm impresssed that zero Dems voted for it

Even Blue Dogs have their limit and how even they differ in important ways from the modern Republican Party. Pelosi is a very effective leader.

[octoberlib]

5. I'm impressed by this, too. Ryan's budget was pretty odious

but as someone who currently lives in a state governed by blue dogs (NC until recently) we had a lot of progressive legislation passed when they were in charge. I think for some of them it's politically expedient to self identify as blue dogs.

[tjwash]

7. how's that republican jobs bill coming?

[Mr Dixon]

8. love it