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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWolf Blitzer Stumps Top House Republican By Asking For Spending Cut Specifics
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/12/05/1290691/top-house-republican-speechless-when-asked-for-specific-fiscal-cliff-spending-cuts/Earlier this week, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) released a vague counter offer to President Obamas plan to avert the so-called fiscal cliff, offering $800 billion in revenue by closing unspecified loopholes and deductions and $1.4 trillion in spending cuts. Republicans have refused to provide details and have pressed Democrats to detail which cuts they would accept.
On Wednesday, during an appearance on CNNs Situation Room, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) became speechless when asked to list the spending reductions Congress should adopt, as host Wolf Blitzer pressed the Chairman of the House Republican Conference for just one example. Fellow guest Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-CA) just threw his hands up in frustration and detailed the $1 trillion plus in cuts Democrats have already supported:
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BLITZER: What? Give me an example?
McMORRIS RODGERS: Well, it is, its, looking at the spending, looking at entitlement reform, looking at the growth in government. And you know what the President put on the table, the President is moving in the wrong direction. He proposed higher taxes than he ever said during the campaign, more stimulus, more spending, thats moving us in the wrong direction.
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Wolf Blitzer Stumps Top House Republican By Asking For Spending Cut Specifics (Original Post)
cal04
Dec 2012
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1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)1. I loved Blitzer's last line before the video ran ...
Hold your thought because we're ... you're getting into ...
Let me finnish that for you Blitzer ... "You're getting into TRUTH and SPECIFICS, here! ... And we can't have that!"
louis-t
(23,295 posts)2. He asked for specifics by accident.
spanone
(135,844 posts)3. clueless on cnn....they only have talking points. not a shred of substance. that brought romney down
Earth_First
(14,910 posts)4. lmao, I entered this thread to respond: "entitlement spending"
and low and behold... "looking at entitlement reform"
I don't know whether to be shocked or fucking stupified...