12 Republicans Vote to Advance Budget Deal That Boosts Spending
And of course Sen. Rob Portman
was one of them. Make sure he does not vote YES again.
(Susan Jones at CNSNews.com)
- The Senate voted 67-33 Tuesday to advance the Ryan-Murray budget compromise
that conservatives oppose as fiscally irresponsible.
Helping Democrats
get the votes they needed, 12 Republicans voted with all 55 Democrats to begin
debate on the measure.
Republicans
joining Democrats to invoke cloture include Lamar Alexander (Tenn.), Roy Blunt
(Mo.), Saxby Chambliss (Ga.), Susan Collins (Maine), Jeff Flake (Ariz.), Orrin
Hatch (Utah), John Hoeven (N.D.), Johnny Isakson (Ga.), Ron Johnson (Wis.),
John McCain (Ariz.), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), and Rob
Portman (Ohio). [emphasis added]
The two-year deal
will ease the mandatory spending caps (sequester) imposed by Congress in 2011.
This will allow a $63 billion increase in the discretionary budget, but it does
nothing to reform entitlement programs, which are the main drivers of growing
deficits and debt, The Heritage Foundation reported.
The deal also
raises certain "fees," or taxes.
A simple majority
is needed for passage, which is expected to happen later this week.
Tea Party Patriots: Call / email / tweet Sen. Rob Portman’s
office
Senator Portman
DC Office:
(202)224-3353
Portman's Chief of Staff
Rob Lehman
Portman's N/E Ohio District
Representative
George Brown
PH: (216)522-1095
