Dems Want GOP To List $700B in Spending Cuts
Democrats pounced Friday on a top Republican’s suggestion he knew of plenty of spending to cut in order to pay for the extension of high-end tax cuts.If Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) thinks he can identify $700 billion in cuts to offset the costs of extending Bush tax cuts, Democrats said, he should specify where.”If veterans are going to have to give up their benefits to pay for the Republican leadership’s tax breaks for the richest 2 percent of Americans, then they deserve to know that immediately,” Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) spokesman Ryan Rudominer said.
The Democratic attack reflects the bigger gambit over taxes both parties believe they face in the fall’s elections. Republicans think running on an extension of all the tax cuts, which are set to expire…
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