Democrats: Ryan budget ‘a breach of faith’, hurts women
As expected, Democrats voiced strong objections Tuesday to the House GOP budget proposal, saying it violates the agreement established during last summer’s debt negotiations, destroys the current Medicare system and would be harmful to women.
The spending plan unveiled Tuesday by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) proposes $1.028 trillion in total agency spending — $19 billion less than the cap set during last summer’s showdown over the debt ceiling.
Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.), and other Democrats, spoke out Tuesday against the Ryan budget plan. (Matthew Staver – BLOOMBERG)
Ryan’s plan “is bad news in every single direction,” Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) said Tuesday, adding that the proposal’s plan to cut discretionary spending below caps set last summer “amounts to a breach of faith that will make it more difficult to negotiate” with Republicans in the future.
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