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Conservative lawmakers from both houses of Congress held a press conference on Capitol Hill this afternoon to proclaim their support for the Cut Cap Balance Pledge. These legislators are tying their support for an increase in the debt limit to spending reductions, enforceable spending caps, and a strong balanced budget amendment. Sens. Jim DeMint, Rand Paul, and Mike Lee joined leading house conservatives like Republican Study Committee head Jim Jordan and dozens of outside conservative groups in supporting the pledge.
“I am convinced, after my time here in Washington, that the only way we can get our fiscal house in order is through structural reform such as those proposed in the Cut Cap Balance Pledge,” Paul said in a statement. This sets up a confrontation with Democrats in the Senate and the White House, who are less likely to support such a sweeping stand. That said, the CAP Act has bipartisan support, with the backing of Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO).
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Michael L. Hauschild| 6.22.11 @ 7:37PM
The only support this has is from representatives that are facing election in 2012, and then only in districts having high conservative constituencies. (Clair) You know this is needed, I know this is needed but does anyone think that the progressive Obama, the coward Boehner, or the anal Senate will go along? If you do send me some of what you are smoking. The congress will do only two things till 2012, grandstand and stay the course.
Louis Tully| 6.23.11 @ 8:35AM
I'd be stunned if Speaker Cryin John supported this Pledge.
Clint| 6.22.11 @ 8:02PM
"The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its Long-Term 2011 Budget Outlook Report, Wednesday, with dire projections for the nation’s fiscal future if the current path is not changed. The CBO called its budget outlook “daunting.”
Under current law, federal spending will continue to soar and an aging populations will increasingly draw funds from programs like Medicare and Social Security. According to the new report, in order to prevent the debt from becoming unsustainable, there needs to be either revenue increases, spending cuts, or some mix of the two."
Michael L. Hauschild| 6.22.11 @ 8:27PM
Hey Clink,
See what your boy is up to now?
Ron Paul and Barney Frank introduce bill to legalize marijuana.
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/lawma.....35489.html
Clint| 6.22.11 @ 9:22PM
Hey Cunt,
“Ron Paul cannot get elected” President, declared Donald Trump at this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference. Trump, who has never run for office, let alone won an election, may want to reconsider his parroting of this common refrain: A new CNN poll finds that, of all the Republicans being discussed as potential presidential candidates, the longtime Texas congressman has the greatest chance of beating Barack Obama, while The Donald comes in dead last.
In a hypothetical match-up between Paul and Obama, Obama beats Paul by only seven percentage points (52 to 45 percent). Meanwhile, Obama bests former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee by eight points, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney by 11 points, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich by 17 points, former Alaska Governor and vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin by 19 points, and Trump by a whopping 22 points.
Michael L. Hauschild| 6.22.11 @ 9:31PM
You must be so proud. He's cinched the Cheech and Chong endorsment, all of the hookers in Barneys basement are sure to vote for him.
Oh, by the way there are ladies present; politics is one thing but your crude language will certainly not benifit your candidate.
Clint| 6.22.11 @ 9:42PM
What Are Ya Gonna Do About It, Cupcake
Hmmmmmm ?
Your Smart Mouth Started Off, By Writin' A Check Your Body Can't Cash.
Zbigniew Mazurak | 6.24.11 @ 6:26AM
"Only" 7 percentage points? ONLY?
That's a big margin. Obama won by a SMALLER margin (53%-47% IIRC) in 2008.
Meanwhile, Mitt Romney is, in most polls, slightly behind, tied with, or AHEAD of Obama, except for polls conducted by Reuters/IPSOS and those conducted shortly after OBL's death. He also leads Obama in all of the states that voted for McCain in 2008 and in some of the 9 Bush swing states. He's competitive in the other Bush swing states (except NM, which he doesn't need to win) and in MI, WI, and PA.
jjmurphy| 6.22.11 @ 8:54PM
The cuts will be pitiful.
The caps will have enough loopholes to drives trucks through them.
They will never balance anything. Simply. Will. Not. Happen.
The Republicans are spineless wimps and the Democrats are evil and ignorant.
weddingdresses | 6.23.11 @ 5:22AM
The cuts will be pitiful.
The caps will have enough loopholes to drives trucks through them.
They will never balance anything. Simply. Will. Not. Happen.
The Republicans are spineless wimps and the Democrats are evil and ignorant.
Conservative Bob| 6.23.11 @ 12:25PM
The burden is on us. Last Nov was only the first step in returning the country to a more limited government path.
We are the backbone, if they see that we will not elect candidates who don't get the message and deliver, they will do our bidding.
It will not be easy it will not happen over night or in a single election cycle. We allowed them to run wild for far too long, we will have to bring them back in line.
The forces arrayed against us are formidable and deeply entrenched. But unless they take away our right to vote we hold the power. They will not surrender and will not go quietly, but if we persevere we will win in the end and pass to our children the promise we inherited.
We have a debt of honor that must be paid. Push them to do the right thing and remove them if they do not.
Zbigniew Mazurak | 6.24.11 @ 6:32AM
Why would any magazine even report this as news? It's totally irrelevant.
Let me get this straight: the national debt is $14.3 trillion, almost 100% of America's GDP, the annual budget deficit is $1.65 trillion, and the best that Beltway politicians can come up is YET ANOTHER USELESS PLEDGE?
For goodness sake, America, wake up!
Pledges are useless and totally irrelevant. Politicians don't treat them seriously. Last November, Republicans issued a Pledge to America. They pledged to cut a meagre $100 billion from the annual federal budget. But in April 2011, they violated that Pledge.
Rand Paul, Jim Demint, Mike Lee, and Jim Jordan are useless idiots who can't do anything other than issue one pledge after another, and then break them. With America teetering on the brink of bankruptcy, and with entitlement programs that have unfunded liabilities to the tune of $100 TRILLION, they can't come up with anything better than yet another useless pledge. They are just like veteran members of the GOP establishment - useless RINOs who enjoy the Beltway gravy train. To say that I used to be a fan of the latter three (but not Rand Paul) would be a huge understatement. These RINOs must be primaried. All of them.