Senate Dems, White House to offer $20B more in cuts; tensions rise
You cannot make this stuff up!
The GOP has balked at having mandatory cuts count toward the $61 billion in cuts they are demanding. They argue the GOP’s “Pledge to America” during the 2010 campaign promised to bring discretionary spending to 2008 levels. Cuts to farm subsidies and other mandatory spending doesn’t help them achieve that goal.
"Using gimmicks like using mandatory spending instead of discretionary spending is not a world we want to play in," a GOP aide said.
A Democrat aide defending using mandatory spending cuts. "That's real, not a gimmick," the aide said. The aide contended that, for the GOP, "it's about politics rather than really cutting [the] budget."
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