So this is John Boehner’s definition of ‘cleaning out the barn.’ In one final big middle finger to Americans and the idiots in his district that helped elect him, Weeper Boehner has given Obama everything he wants in the ‘bi-partisan’ budget deal that will run through March of 2017. Paul Ryan, the establishment’s pic to replace Boehner as Speaker on Thursday doesn’t have a word about the latest sellout and fiscal irresponsibility of the House GOP.
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On Tuesday, Congressional Republicans and President Obama triumphantly announced a two-year budget deal that will take Congress beyond the 2016 presidential election without the possibility of another government shutdown.
Republicans received higher-than-sequestration-level funding for defense; President Obama got everything else, including funding for Planned Parenthood, entitlement programs, and a pony.
The new budget, according to Business Insider, would “cut spending on Medicare and Social Security disability benefits,” and raise the debt ceiling through March 2017. The deal also includes provisions penalizing generic drugmakers for increasing prices. In total, the deal would cost an additional $112 billion in fiscal years 2016 and 2017.
President Barack Obama endorsed the deal, with an official telling The Hill, “We urge members of Congress from both parties to take the next step and pass a budget based on this agreement.” Outgoing Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner (R-OH)37%
said the deal will “clean up the barn a little bit” for incoming presumed Speaker of the House Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI)58%
, an establishment favorite with popular appeal to more conservative segments of the Republican base. Boehner apparently told fellow caucus members he didn’t like the way the budget was done, but, “We can fall into that trap or we can lead.”