Paul Ryan Blasts Obama's New Budget
Politico reports:
House Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) dismissed President Obama’s budget as failing to meet the “critical test of leadership.” But he said that Republican members of his panel “want to get serious” and that he expects to bring a “consensus budget” for next year to the House floor by mid-April.
Citing last week’s rank-and-file revolt against GOP leaders on a spending-cut plan for the rest of the fiscal year, he spotlighted the contrast to Obama’s business-as-usual approach. “We are changing the culture in the right direction, ” Ryan told POLITICO today. “Our members want to go further. This is constructive.”
By contrast, Ryan said in an earlier statement, Obama’s budget “accelerates our country down the path to bankruptcy.” And he continued to criticize Obama for having “punted” the tough decisions.
