House GOP unveil election-year budget blueprint cutting $5.3T beyond Obama plan
THE WASHINGTON POST - House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) speaks to staff before appearing on morning talk shows about his 2013 budget plan on Capitol Hill March 20.
By Associated Press, Melina Mara
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
WASHINGTON — Conservative House Republicans on Tuesday set up what appears to be a potential re-run of last year’s turbulent domestic policy fight with President Barack Obama, putting forward an election-year budget manifesto that would blend steep social program cuts with reduced tax rates.
The GOP plan released by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan would, if enacted into law, wrestle the deficit to a manageable size in short order, but only by cutting Medicaid, food stamps, Pell Grants and a host of other programs that Obama has promised to protect.
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