Republican Hypocrisy On Fiscal Responsibility

Today, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer and several members of the Blue Dog Coalition released a new web video illustrating Republican hypocrisy on fiscal responsibility and what Democrats are doing to address the issue. Rep. Dennis Moore (KS-03), Rep. Baron Hill (IN-09), Rep. Nick Lampson (TX-22), Rep. Chris Carney (PA-10), Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand (NY-20), and Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (AZ-08) spoke about Democratic efforts to restore fiscal responsibility to government.

Leader Hoyer stated that the video "documents the sea of red ink that has flooded our fiscal house over the last six years due to the Republicans Party's irresponsible policies." Read more>>

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Budget discipline was totally abandoned by the previous Republican Congress and President Bush. Under Republican control, Congress turned a projected $5.6 trillion 10-year surplus at the end of the Clinton years into a $3 trillion deficit - including the four worst deficits in the history of America:

House Democrats are restoring accountability and fiscal responsibility. After Republican leadership failed to pass a budget at all last year, the Democratic-led House passed a budget that reaches balance in five years, by 2012. And it does this without raising taxes. Learn more about the Democratic budget>>