The AP and other folks need to get their Republican Congressional terminology right.
By the narrowest of margins, the Senate protected one of President Bush’s top priorities (March 16) by rejecting a drive by Democrats and moderate Republicans to make it tougher to approve
future tax cuts.
The 50-50 vote — one shy of the majority needed — averted a major headache for congressional leaders and avoided a replay of the embarrassing setback they suffered a year ago. Then, the Republican-run Congress failed to complete a budget because the Senate approved the tax-cut limitations and the more conservative House refused to go along.
Why do people insist on calling the House “more conservative,” rather than “more spendthrift”? Russ Feingold gets it right.
”They have become openly hostile to balancing the budget,” one sponsor, Sen. Russell Feingold, D-Wis., said of GOP leaders. “Openly hostile to anything that gets in the way of tax cuts, regardless of what the consequences are for our budget or the economy. That's a sad moment.
Sad indeed.
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