rssGOP Sponsors of Spending Task Force Didn’t Know It Allowed for Tax Hikes? Not Likely
Thursday, January 28, 2010 at 12:30 pm
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The official line coming from the six GOP senators who sponsored, then voted against, the failed proposal to create a deficit commission was that they didn’t realize it would allow the panel to suggest tax hikes as a step toward balancing the federal budget.
A spokesman for Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.), for example, told Politico that the senator withdrew his support “over concerns that the commission will be able to raise taxes.” The offices of Sens. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) said exactly the same thing.
What’s fascinating about that argument is this: Sens. Judd Gregg (R-N.H.) and Kent Conrad (RD-N.D), the heads of the Budget Committee, have been pushing their task force idea for years, and a central element of the proposal has always been that everything would be on the table — tax hikes, benefit cuts and everything in between. Here’s their statement from 2007, which indicates that the commission “will analyze all potential solutions.” And here’s a summary of their more recent bill, which clearly states that “all options will be considered by the Task Force.” It’s a concept that practically defines the bill.
So either (1) the six Republican flip-floppers are lying and voted against the commission solely under pressure from GOP leaders to deny the Obama White House a legislative victory, or (2) they threw their support behind a proposal they knew nothing about. Neither explanation says great things about their leadership skills — and both are indications of why Americans think Washington is broken.
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