United States (KaiserHealth) – President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner on Monday night offered competing views on the state of debt talks and proposals. While neither touched heavily on overhauling entitlement spending, especially Medicare, the president mentioned it several times. Medicare has been one of the most contentious roadblocks to striking a deal [...]
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Out of Touch and Out of Options, Democrats Deny Debt Crisis
April 30th, 2011
davidguide NRCC – White House Press Secretary Jay Carney yesterday joined House Democrats in reiterating the White House’s out of touch position that it is somehow “a dangerous, risky idea” to tie an increase in the debt ceiling to meaningful spending cuts and deficit reduction that will put America on sounder fiscal footing: WHITE HOUSE PRESS [...]
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