*2014 Republican Budget

The House Republican budget contains serious contradictions, protects the wealthiest Americans at the expense of the most vulnerable and includes drastic, yet undefined spending cuts. Here’s a closer look at some of the many reasons the Republican budget won’t work:

"Well I agree with the Leader and with Chairman Becerra – the President was optimistic, the President was positive, the President was obviously pleased with the meetings that he’s had both with the House Republicans and the Senate Republicans, as well as Senate Democrats and now House Democrats.

The Republican party is out of touch with American voters, according to polling numbers and of course, the 2012 election results--- but Speaker Boehner just doesn't get it.  Today, he admitted that instead of taking cues from the American people, he w

The time has come for your afternoon laugh. Just in case you missed House Speaker Boehner’s riveting op-ed “Obama’s outreach is nice, but where’s the leadership?” in the Washington Post attempting to lecture President Obama on leadership, of all things, we wanted to share some of the points we found particularly fascinating:

“Well obviously [reaching a budget agreement] will take compromise. We’ve had a very difficult time getting to that. The Ryan budget frankly is a rehash of last year's budget and the budget before that.

The Washington Post’s Dana Milbank clearly read the Republican budget proposal – or, read what was possible, at least. As he explains in his column today, the Republican budget proposed by Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan is full of magic asterisks and undisclosed cuts:

The House Republican budget has been officially unveiled, and the reviews aren’t pretty. It appears that the early predictions were correct: while the Republican budget includes no major surprises, it does offer plenty of disappointment. The reaction so far is that the Republican budget cannot be taken seriously, it offers more of the same, targets the most vulnerable and leaves us with unanswered questions.

“The Republican budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2014, which Chairman Ryan introduced this morning, once again heaps the burden of deficit reduction onto the backs of those who can least afford it while asking nothing of those at the top.  Yielding to the extreme wing of his party, which has demanded that he balance the budget in only ten years but refuses to consider any new revenues necessary to do so, Chairman Ryan flouts mathematics and fiscal common sense by imposing severe cuts to programs vital to seniors, women, veterans, federal employees, low-income families, and America’s middle class.