Republicans Blast House Republican 'Work Harder for Less' Budget
From Representative Mike Turner (R-OH):
Representative Mike Turner of Ohio, a member of the House Armed Services Committee…said he would vote against Price's reserve-fund approach and called it "funny money."
From Heritage Action:
"Those who proclaim the new House Republican budget will be good for our nation's defense — they're wrong," Heritage Action's CEO Mike Needham and Heritage Foundation's Director of National Security Policy Steven Bucci
From Representative Tom Rooney (R-FL):
"As a Republican I do not want our budget to go down. But as a veteran and somebody who has served in the Army I am not going to be part of something that I believe that makes our country weaker," Florida GOP Rep. Tom Rooney told reporters Tuesday.
From American Enterprise Institute:
The House GOP leadership took the easy way out—politically and budgetary. This resolution will do little to draw support from policymakers with a deep understanding of the crisis in defense and will likely end up failing for not pleasing any bloc in the party, including defense hawks, fiscal hawks and appropriators.
From Washington Times:
Mr. Price said the GOP will rely on twin majorities to prepare instructions for "reconciliation," an arcane move that could allow the party to approve big changes…
House Republicans singled out the repeal of Obamacare Tuesday as a potential use for the tactic…
Yet the plan appears to retain the revenues from Obamacare, even as it seeks to do away with it.
From the Republican Majority of the Senate Budget Committee:
"You can't say something is war spending just to get around the caps," a Senate Budget Committee aide told reporters.
From Fox News:
The document would repeal ObamaCare "in its entirety," and calls for "starting over with a patient-centered approach to health care reform." The document does not get into deep specifics on what this might entail…
From Sen. Lindsey Graham:
"This is a war within the Republican Party…You can shade it any way you want, but this is war."
From the Washington Examiner:
Conservatives question 'gimmicks' in House GOP's defense budget
"I don't know anybody who honestly believes we are going to balance the budget in 10 years. It's all hooey," said Rep. Ken Buck, R-Colo.
"We need to make sure we are the party of fiscal conservatism," said Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich… "I'm tired of seeing gimmicks in the budget process. I'm tired of seeing gimmicks in the legislative process."
What's the House GOP plan to fix this crisis of internal dysfunction? As National Journal puts it: "House GOP's New Budget Plan: Figure It Out Later."