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House Votes 414-0 to Reject Obama’s Budget Plan

House Votes 414 0 to Reject Obamas Budget Plan

House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.)

WASHINGTON (The Blaze/AP) — Republicans are ready to push through the House an election-year, $3.5 trillion budget that showcases their deficit-cutting plan for revamping Medicare and slicing everything from food stamps to transportation while rejecting President Barack Obama’s call to raise taxes on the rich.

The blueprint by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., was headed for all but certain House passage Thursday, mostly along party lines. It faces a demise that is just as sure in the Democratic-run Senate, which plans to ignore it, but the battle remains significant because of the clarity with which it contrasts the two parties’ budgetary visions for voters.

(Related: ‘Let’s Not Wait Until We Have a Crisis’: Paul Ryan Pleads for Fiscal Reform in Budget Debate)

Republicans were focused on sharper deficit reduction and starkly less government than Democrats wanted and were proposing to lower income tax rates while erasing many unspecified tax breaks. Obama and Democrats were ready to boost taxes on families making above $250,000 and on oil and gas companies, add spending for roads and schools and cull more modest savings from domestic programs.

House Votes 414 0 to Reject Obamas Budget Plan

“They’re choosing the next election over the next generation,” Ryan said, deriding Democrats’ plans as far too timid. He added, “If we don’t tackle these fiscal problems soon, they’re going to tackle us as a country.”

Democrats said they, too, were eager to stanch deficits that now exceed $1 trillion annually. But they said it needed to be done in a more balanced way, with rich and poor alike sharing the load.

“It’s a path to greater prosperity – if you’re already wealthy,” said Rep. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, top Democrat on the Budget panel, mocking the “Path to Prosperity” title Ryan has given his document. “Because our Republican colleagues refuse to ask millionaires to contribute one cent to deficit reduction, they hit everyone and everything else.”

In a pair of preliminary votes expected Thursday, conservatives were offering their own proposal with deeper spending cuts and far faster deficit-reduction than the GOP plan, claiming to balance the budget in just five years. Democrats were pushing a measure featuring pumped-up spending for education and new tax credits for companies creating jobs and raising wages, while claiming savings from winding down the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, government waste and reductions in farm payments.

House Votes 414 0 to Reject Obamas Budget Plan

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., looks on at left, as Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., ranking Democrat on the the House Budget Committee, gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill

Both were destined to be defeated.

Underscoring the prickly partisan gulf over how to tackle the budget’s drastic imbalances, the House late Wednesday on a 382-38 vote easily shot down a compromise, bipartisan deficit-cutting plan by moderates of both parties that mingled tax increases with spending cuts.

The measure was modeled roughly on a package produced by Obama’s deficit-reduction commission. The commission’s plan drew praise from prominent deficit foes but was treated coolly by Obama and congressional leaders of both parties.

House Votes 414 0 to Reject Obamas Budget Plan

The House also voted 414-0 Wednesday to reject Obama’s budget, with Democrats accusing the GOP of forcing the vote to embarrass them. Democrats were concerned Republicans would use campaign ads to link Democrats who supported Obama’s plan to all of its details, including tax increases and boosts for unpopular programs.

The Washington Times has more about the vote:

Republicans wrote an amendment that contained Mr. Obama’s budget and offered it on the floor, daring Democrats to back the plan, which calls for major tax increases and yet still adds trillions of dollars to the deficit over the next decade.

“It’s not a charade. It’s not a gimmick — unless what the president sent us is the same,” said Rep. Mick Mulvaney, a freshman Republican from South Carolina who sponsored Mr. Obama’s proposal for purposes of the debate. “I would encourage the Democrats to embrace this landmark Democrat document and support it. Personally, I will be voting against it.”

But no Democrats accepted the challenge.

Watch Mulvaney, below:

Congress’ budget is a nonbinding road map that suggests tax and spending changes that lawmakers should make in separate, later legislation.

Particularly with voters deciding control of the White House and the Capitol in November, the two parties are sure to stalemate each other’s budgetary priorities until after the election.

The House GOP budget would cut spending by $5.3 trillion more over the next decade than Obama’s would – out of more than $40 trillion that would still be spent during that period. It envisions repeal of the president’s health care overhaul and sets a course for deep reductions for highway and rail projects, research and aid to college students and farmers while easing planned defense cuts.

It also would cut taxes by $2 trillion more than the president over that time, leaving Republicans seeking about $3.3 trillion in deeper deficit reduction than Obama.

Drawing the most political heat was Ryan’s plan for Medicare, the $500 billion-a-year health insurance program for older Americans that all agree is growing so fast that its future financing is shaky. Both parties know that seniors vote in high numbers and care passionately about the program.

House Votes 414 0 to Reject Obamas Budget Plan

Republicans would leave the plan alone for retirees and those near retirement, letting the government continue paying much of their doctors’ and hospital bills.

For younger people, Medicare would be reshaped into a voucher-like system in which the government would subsidize people’s health care costs, which Republicans say would drive down federal costs by giving seniors a menu of options that would compete with each other. Democrats say government payments won’t keep up with the rapid inflation of medical costs, leaving many beneficiaries struggling to afford the care they need.

“It ends the Medicare guarantee,” House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said of Ryan’s budget.

“This plan doesn’t end the Medicare guarantee,” said Rep. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz. “Arithmetic does. Unless we change something, unless we put it on a solvent footing, the Medicare guarantee is gone.”

Republicans would turn Medicaid, the nearly $300 billion-a-year federal-state health insurance program for the poor, into a grant that states could use as they wish. They also would trim its growth by $800 billion over the next decade.

Comments (52)

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  • dlivelli
    Posted on March 29, 2012 at 1:54pm

    The dems have ZERO interest in getting this country back to great…it falls into their plans to have chaos and discontent. The last thing they want is something that might actually help. Hey van holland…remember your interview with Cavuto…when he asked you about containing the rising cost of healthcare….you stupidly said it will not be contained unless you raise taxes and tighten your grip on the insurance co’s…….isn’t that already implemented in obamacare?…were you lying then or now…or both!?? You guys forget things way too quickly…..elephants have good memories…way better that donkeys(jackasses)!

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    • teamarcheson
      Posted on May 16, 2012 at 4:35pm

      Our First Racist President Just Had His Budget Rejected Without One Vote Of Support From His Party

      This was a historic vote of confidence that Obama Failed. The American people did not want their paper money to become worthless and have to pay $50 for a loaf of bread or cup of coffee at Starbucks.

      STEP DOWN HUSSAIN STEP DOWN. BE GREAT HUSSAIN AND LIVE UP TO YOU IMAGE OF YOUR OWN GREATNESS AND STEP DOWN.

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    • teamarcheson
      Posted on May 16, 2012 at 4:38pm

      Hussain is no longer President. Congress should submit everything to Biden. Biden is now President. Obama has violated and show contempt for the US Constitution that it is time to give him back some of his own medicine.

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  • NOMOBIGDRAMANOBAMA
    Posted on March 29, 2012 at 1:49pm

    WOW! Nancy, you voted against your one true lord and master? How did that happen? Getting Hot where you are?

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  • dlivelli
    Posted on March 29, 2012 at 1:49pm

    Now that’s bi-partisan!!

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  • MammalOne
    Posted on March 29, 2012 at 1:41pm

    Obviously this man cannot fix the deficit. Can we PLEASE get someone in the white house who knows wtf is going on?

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  • Akbarjonnie Shaheed
    Posted on March 29, 2012 at 1:19pm

    ‘The People’ are on the sidelines to do what it takes to save America! They are strong, able and prepared.

    De Oppresso Liber

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  • Akbarjonnie Shaheed
    Posted on March 29, 2012 at 1:16pm

    You are seeing history made with the fall of obamanation. God makes those pay the price that have have no fear of him.

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    • Sirfoldallot
      Posted on March 29, 2012 at 1:37pm

      He wrote his budget plan on tissue paper, just in case the ppl want 2 throw it away.

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  • Forward
    Posted on March 29, 2012 at 1:08pm

    You are all missing the point. This is an example of Obama fulfilling another pledge he made during the campaign. He said that he could bring us together and nothing is more bipartisan than a unanimous vote, right?

    He has accomplished a miracle!! He has bridged the chasm that is our broken polity and found a place where we can all agree. If this doesn’t get you to take his Presidency seriously what will?

    Too bad that what we all agree on is that he is a mindless, narcissistic, dangerous twit.

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  • mercenary4freedom
    Posted on March 29, 2012 at 1:07pm

    Barry Soetoro and his criminals should be held accountable after he is thrown from office in Nov, Indicted, and brought before a Nuremberg type court. Governance like this is unheard of.

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  • AmazingGrace8
    Posted on March 29, 2012 at 1:00pm

    History repeating itself. Rome towards the end of their kingdom. A few captive people working and the cities not working & bored so sin & evil everywhere…horiffic games, lions in an arena…decay within the form of government. Blood, sweat & tears built America and blood & tears will tear-it-down.
    We are living in dangerous times. God help us!

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  • sawbuck
    Posted on March 29, 2012 at 12:54pm

    You watch Democruds said…
    From 2001 to 2010 = Bushes Fault…!

    NOW .. The new Bama ‘campain slogan’… is going to be
    It‘s The Republican House’s Fault..!

    And the MSM will be in lock-step with this too..
    Just watch how they spin this.

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    • Ghandi was a Republican
      Posted on March 29, 2012 at 1:09pm

      No– Unless Newt is the candidate they will go the opposite rack and try to steal the credit for 90s growth and go with “Clinton did it” – it is the absolute only ruse they have left. mark my words. And make no mistake- Newt is their worst nightmare for a myriad of reasons. Newt has been around their tactics since Reagan. Newt is the only one who has beaten their azzes back into BFE. He can do it with half his brain tied behind his back. One thing Reagan had was the surefootedness of having traveled among the people since his weekly GE theater (the original town halls). Newt has also been doing this same thing on his own for over a decade. Prior to that he had decades leading to his “contract with America” which was the voice of the people that he put on paper!
      NEWT GETS IT!
      Alinsky radicals are easy to beat if you know how to re-frame their attack!

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  • 13th Imam
    Posted on March 29, 2012 at 12:52pm

    DEMOCRATS just can’t figure out how to explain how they ,year after year after year, can call for spending twice what comes in in TAXES. Please LOCKED, please explain how you as a self proclaimed Christian Conservative do exactly that in your Conservative household??

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  • Detroit paperboy
    Posted on March 29, 2012 at 12:43pm

    I predict the Democrats will be pounded almost out of existence in November… Don’t be fooled, they are scared to DEATH… Obama, Pelosi and Reid, have done more damage to that communist party than Jimmy “ the national Hemmorhoid ” Carter, could ever dream of…………

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  • TheObamanation
    Posted on March 29, 2012 at 12:36pm

    We need the Presidency and the Senate to get the country back on track … The liberal Senate … party of No … has to go

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  • SpankDaMonkey
    Posted on March 29, 2012 at 12:35pm

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    414-0? Like a Bunch of Monkey’s Humping a Football…….

    I swear I could open a phone book, and find 414 people who know how to balance a checkbook…..

    Vote SDM 2012……

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  • Soquel by the Creek
    Posted on March 29, 2012 at 12:32pm

    Just to prove that there’s absolutely no bias in the media, here’s the headline from the Associate Press article about the UNANIMOUS, BIPARTISAN rejection of the latest Obama Administration budget on a 0 to 414 against vote. There are a MAXIMUM of 242 Republican votes in the House. So where did the other 172 “No” votes come from?

    “GOP-run House easily rejects Obama budget”
    http://news.yahoo.com/gop-run-house-easily-rejects-obama-budget-013519895.html

    One wonders how the AP would have spun last years UNANIMOUS, BIPARTISAN rejection of the Obama Administration’s budget in the Senate on a 0 to 97 against vote. The Senate is controlled by a majority of Democrats with Democrat Harry Reid as Majority Leader.

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  • Gonzo
    Posted on March 29, 2012 at 12:30pm

    So, Obama can’t get even one Democrat vote for his budget? Talk about a bunch of gutless wonders!

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    • TXPilot
      Posted on March 29, 2012 at 12:37pm

      I’d have to guess, the stink of treason is starting to get too strong, for even Democratic members of the House.

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on March 29, 2012 at 12:54pm

      You give them way too much credit, they didn’t want ads by their opponents reminding voters of them supporting this crap. After the election they’ll “have more flexibility”.

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    • Ghandi was a Republican
      Posted on March 29, 2012 at 1:00pm

      His excuse will surely be that he is “too centrist”.. Got this guy figured out long ago..

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  • Ghandi was a Republican
    Posted on March 29, 2012 at 12:30pm

    President Zero !

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  • The_Almighty_Creestof
    Posted on March 29, 2012 at 11:12am

    But…he’ll have more flexibility after his re-election.

    LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Booyah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  • Redmanblackdog
    Posted on March 29, 2012 at 10:59am

    Why isn’t someone being fired or arrested! Any company in the world that doesn’t have a budget fires the CFO.

    Barry is a joke, a bad joke. How can you respect such a dufus?

    If he does’nt pass a budget, he just keeps spending and that is exactly like passing his budget.

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    • oldguy49
      Posted on March 29, 2012 at 11:12am

      vote them all out and term limits………………ABO

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  • Mark0331
    Posted on March 29, 2012 at 10:55am

    Barry will now try and save face by changing the subject. He is now babbling about big bad oil subsidies….as though the ‘green’ energy subsidies and their epic failures never existed…he thinks he can change subjects and deflect to a topic his ‘base’ supports…predictable and pathetic.

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    • CatB
      Posted on March 29, 2012 at 11:04am

      He is the biggest LIAR I have ever seen .. and that includes CLINTON!

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on March 29, 2012 at 12:37pm

      @CatB – he is a liar, naricssist and insane in his own delusions; thus it makes him dangerous as well as now he is capable of doing anything to achieve his ends.

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  • barber2
    Posted on March 29, 2012 at 10:52am

    Guess this means the American “Spring ” and the Occupies will be starting soon ! Notice the Democrats have stirred their angry base over the Martin death in Florida. Attention all of you Anarchists ! Get to a Democrat city near you ( if you aren’t already there ) Why do you suppose the “New” Black Panther Party and Farrakhan have been so vocal of late ?

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  • SoupSammich
    Posted on March 29, 2012 at 10:49am

    More proof that math and a basic grasp of economics is just racist. Where are the budget hoodies being sold?

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  • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
    Posted on March 29, 2012 at 10:45am

    Its interesting that the Democrats make the accusations about the Republicans even while they have no guts to not vote for it. The budget passes, of course to be tabled in the incinerator by Reid as soon as it arrives at the Senate, and we continue to see the mess the Democrats crybaby routine continues on and on and on…

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  • CatB
    Posted on March 29, 2012 at 10:44am

    Obama … epic fail.

    OMG 2012!

    We must save the Republic …

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  • EqualJustice
    Posted on March 29, 2012 at 10:40am

    WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU? hahahahahahaha NOT much of a “plan” I guess. They do not WANT A BUDGET, don’t you get it yet? THEN we would really KNOW their evil PLANS.

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