*2016 Budget

I thank my friend, Mr. Van Hollen, for yielding. I thank him for the extraordinary job that he's done as Ranking Member of the Budget Committee.

In parliamentary parlance what we have before us is termed a ‘structured rule.’ However, I would venture to say this is an unstructured rule.

House Republicans' budget resolution for Fiscal Year 2016 is ill-conceived, unrealistic, and unworkable. 

Last week, House Republicans introduced a budget resolution for fiscal year 2016 that is a repeat of the same irresponsible, unworkable, and unrealistic policies they have put forward for the past several years. 

The House Democratic budget proposal unveiled today by Ranking Member Van Hollen is a responsible alternative to Republicans’ short-sighted proposal to disinvest in America’s future while pursuing a strategy of selective sequestration. 

This week, House Republicans unveiled their budget resolution for Fiscal Year 2016. Congress should be making the tough choices needed to grow our economy and expand middle-class opportunities for American families, while promoting fiscal responsibility.

Yesterday, House Republicans unveiled their 2016 budget resolution, filled with the same partisan rhetoric and gimmicks we’ve come to expect from the GOP. Instead of making the tough choices needed to invest in our economy and expand middle-class opportunities, Republicans have chosen to continue the sequester this year for domestic spending, before dramatically cutting even farther below this already unrealistic level – while breaking the caps on defense.

If Republicans thought they found a clever way to hide the fact that they’re breaking the defense spending sequester cap, they should think again. Instead of adhering to the spending cap for FY16 (which is what they want you to think they’re doing), they’re pulling from OCO to blow right past it. Here’s a round-up of stories on this latest gimmick:

From Politico: