Political Quotes

“A clear pattern has emerged with respect to Democratic rhetoric on the budget. They speak loudly about deficit reduction, while continuing to write checks that this Nation cannot cash. Consider the last debt limit increase bill, which included the much ballyhooed statutory pay-go scheme. My friends on the other side speak of it frequently. But they have also been the most frequent violators of both the spirit and letter of statutory pay-go. The Senate Republican Policy Committee analyzed all of the spending offsets and other budget restraints rejected since statutory pay-go was adopted. I ask unanimous consent that a copy of this analysis be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record as follows: DEFICITS PILED ON BY SENATE DEMOCRATS SINCE STATUTORY PAYGO* ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Deficit impact, 2010- Link to CBO Bill Bill No. 2020 ($ Floor action Date score billions) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Temporary extender bill...... H.R. 4691..... 10.3 Vote to kill 2-Mar........ http://bit.ly/ Bunning bill w/ cJIN6B offset. Vote to pass bill w/o offset. Baucus Tax Extenders bill H.R. 4213..... 98.6 Vote to keep 3-Mar........ http://bit.ly/ (v1.0). emergency ahe9JI designation. Reid HIRE Act............... H.R. 2847.....…”