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Thursday, February 26, 2009
Now, for Boehner’s take on the Obama budget
House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-West Chester, doesn’t like it either.
“This budget makes clear that the era of big government is back, and Democrats want you to pay for it. Middle-class families and small businesses are making sacrifices when it comes to their own budget, and it’s time for Washington to do the same.
“Instead, this budget taxes, spends, and borrows its way toward a bigger, more costly federal government at the expense of small businesses, family farms, middle-class families, retirees, every American who owns a 401(k), and anyone who flips on a light switch.”
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Voino no fan of Obama’s budget
President Barack Obama released an outline of his budget today - more specifics will be released in April - and Sen. George Voinovich is unimpressed, to put it mildly.
Here goes: “President Obama has delivered a budget outline that attempts to fool the American people with smoke and mirrors. He unrealistically promises everything to everyone and masks the sacrifices Americans will be forced to make if it passes.
“To act like it is some sort great accomplishment to reduce the deficit in four years to a level that is still higher than every deficit from the end of World War II up until Barack Obama’s inauguration is absurd. And, the $533 billion figure he touts for Fiscal Year 2013 ignores the continued borrowing from Social Security and other trust funds to the tune of roughly $200 billion a year.
“It doubles the debt in five years and triples the debt in 10 years, continuing huge deficits beyond this administration. Failing to tackle entitlement and tax reform and relying simply on an obvious phase-out of the astronomical spending in his stimulus bill, a reduction of troops in Iraq and Afghanistan and revenue from an irresponsible cap-and-trade program is a womb-to-tomb tax increase for every child born in this country.
“And, where are the $2 trillion in cuts and terminations we were promised? Although they are absent, he does promise to make middle class tax relief permanent while spending at least $634 billion on establishing a path to universal health care, but he does not know how he will fully pay for it.”
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White House targets contract reform as part of 2010 budget
Weeks after passing a $787 billion economic stimulus bill, President Barack Obama Thursday released his 2010 budget, which will continue investments in infrastructure, invest in early childhood education and reform how the military buys new weapons systems.
In all, the total budget is expected to be more than $3 trillion. If enacted, it would create a $1.75 billion deficit this year, the highest in decades.
The plan is ambitious on health reform, setting the goal of computerizing health records within five years. It also includes slight increases in funding for the Defense Department, mostly to increase the size of the Army and Marines. But that same budget will reform the acquisition process “to make sure that funds are not being wasted on expensive and outdated weapon systems,” according to a document released by Obama’s staff.
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Democrats start process to fill Roberts’ Ohio Senate seat
The Senate Democratic Caucus will soon appoint a replacement for Senator Tom Roberts, D-Dayton, who is resigning after being appointed by Gov. Ted Strickland to he Ohio Civil Rights Commission. Roberts’ resignation is effective Saturday, Feb. 28.
“While our Caucus will miss one of the most respected and experienced Senators, we are pleased that Senator Roberts’ will continue his service to the state of Ohio at the Ohio Civil Rights Commission,” said Minority Leader Capri S. Cafaro, D-Hubbard. “Our loss is truly the Commission’s gain.”
The process to fill the remainder of Senator Roberts’ unexpired term is outlined below:
Applicants contact the chair of their County Democratic Party to express interest in the appointment by Friday, March 6.
The Chairs of County parties submit candidates to the Minority Leader office for consideration by Friday, March 13. All candidates forwarded by county chairs will be considered.
The Minority Leader and the Democratic Caucus Leadership team will interview and screen candidates the week of March 16.
The Democratic Caucus Leadership team makes a recommendation which is voted on by the full Caucus.
The Minority Leader announces a replacement.
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Rep. Yates likes “Wellstone model” for U.S. Senate campaign
State. Rep. Tyrone Yates, D-Cincinnati, has formally established an exploratory committee for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate nomination in 2010.
Yates, who set up the committee on Wednesday, Feb. 25, said he wants to model his campaign after the successful effort that vaulted the late Paul Wellstone of Minnesota into the U.S. Senate.
Yates, 55, said he’d like to find an “old school bus that we can green up, weld a platform on the back, stick an American flag on it, put ‘Yates for the Senate’ on the side and ride across Ohio.”
He’s entering the primary race against two better known Democrats, Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner and Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher.
Yates said he should stand out in the race and not just because, if elected, he would be Ohio’s first black U.S. senator.
“I grew up on a farm in Ohio and I’m the only candidate who grew up on a farm and who ever showed a cow at the Ohio State Fair,” he said.
He said he would be a very different senator than Republican George Voinovich, whose retirement will leave the seat vacant.
“I would have voted for President Barack Obama’s stimulus bill and I would have opposed the war in Iraq,” said Yates.
