The House Budget Committee heard testimony from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Wednesday, but even more telling are the two approaches to our massive debt that were revealed in questions from each side of the aisle. Will Republicans be able to implement many of their proposed spending cuts? Why is entitlement reform essential? What specifics are Republicans offering on entitlement reform? Why does the GOP see Democratic priorities of investment and taxes as a dead end economically? And how committed is the House Budget Committee to really tackling the deficits compared to the last Congress? We ask Missouri Rep. Todd Akin, a member of the House Budget Committee.
Archives for February 9, 2011
Three Martini Lunch 2/9/11
Greg Corombos and National Review’s Jim Geraghty give the House GOP credit for rolling up their sleeves and getting to work on spending and scrutinizing the Fed. We also wonder why Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar seems to be doing everything he can to antagonize the Tea Party ahead of his 2012 re-election effort. And we chronicle the latest insanity from MSNBC’s Chris Matthews, after he tells a black conservative from National Review that he looks more like President Obama than GOP front-runner Mitt Romney.