It’s Time to Throw Out Obama’s Spending Levels

Conservatives in Congress should use this opportunity to show Americans where they are different from the president.

Paul Winfree, --February 19, 2016

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House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., met with the Republican conference last week to make a pitch on the shape of this year’s House budget. Ryan’s proposal would include $30 billion in new spending authority above the Budget Control Act (BCA)’s post-sequester levels for discretionary programs in 2017.
Ryan told his colleagues that the new spending authority he wants as part of the House’s budget is only $3 billion higher than the total level of spending in last December’s omnibus spending bill ($1.067 trillion in 2016 compared to $1.070 trillion in 2017). Furthermore, of the $3 billion difference, $2.97 billion of the increase would go to defense. This is an extremely misleading argument. More...

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