As they prepare to take power on Wednesday, Republican leaders are scaling back that number by as much as half, aides say, because the current fiscal year, which began Oct. 1, will be nearly half over before spending cuts could become law. Full Story »
Posted by Jon Mitchell - via urmi das (t)
Reports fairly that the Republicans made impossible promises and sets the scene for a Congress that will have to sneak around such promises the whole time?
This news analysis has modest journalistic merit. It is written from the Democratic Party perspective, as all political items in this newspaper are, so it quotes old statements by Republican leaders without noting that they were made on the assumption that the old Congress would do its job and pass appropriations. Only one short paragraph buried in the story mentions this, without naming either Reid or Pelosi, who bear the major responsibility, with their committee chairs, for the incompetence of the last Congress on appropriations. Van Hollen is quoted in full Washington Monument mode, apparently not yet realizing the magnitude of his failure as a senior leader in the last Congress (indeed, an objective reporter would have ... More »
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