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Panich52

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Sat Feb 7, 2015, 11:47 AM Feb 2015

Portman: Obama budget dodged 'tough choices'

The Hill
Portman: Obama budget dodged 'tough choices'
By Jesse Byrnes

Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) in the GOP weekly address is blasting President Obama's fiscal 2016 budget proposal, saying its spending levels will leave a legacy of massive debt.

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/232082-portman-obama-budget-dodged-tough-choices

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So get those who hold 80% of wealth to help pay (no, I don't mean the middle-class)

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Portman: Obama budget dodged 'tough choices' (Original Post) Panich52 Feb 2015 OP
He sure did - Obama dodged making cuts to our bloated defense budget Algernon Moncrieff Feb 2015 #1

Algernon Moncrieff

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1. He sure did - Obama dodged making cuts to our bloated defense budget
Sat Feb 7, 2015, 12:11 PM
Feb 2015

He also failed to utilize the tactic that the GOP used to get Thune elected into Daschle's seat; threaten to close Ellsworth AFB and scrap the B-1 bomber as an outdated relic, and then have the candidate from his party broadly hint that only he has the influence to save the base.

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