Blunt: Democrats' Budget Silent on Entitlement Reform, Outspoken on New Taxes
U.S. Newswire, May, 2007
To: POLITICAL EDITORS
Contact: Burson Taylor Snyder or Amos Snead of the Office of the House Republican Whip Roy Blunt, 1-202-226-7022
WASHINGTON, May 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- House Republican Whip Roy Blunt (Mo.) released the following statement this afternoon after House and Senate Democrats agreed to a final version of the 2008 budget that remains silent on entitlement reform, but finds a way to raise taxes by a minimum of $217 billion:
"We had hoped the spendthrift version of the budget plan Democrats passed in the House would return as a better, more responsible document after consultation with the Senate. Instead, the majority today reaffirmed its affinity for raising taxes, boosting spending, and making promises to future generations of Americans...
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