At a recent House hearing, Congressional Budget Office Director Doug Elmendorf admitted to California Rep. John Campbell that the president’s health care plan will cost the nation 800,000 jobs over the next decade. Why will it cost that many jobs? What portions of the law are to blame? How does this impact the ongoing debate over Obamacare? Will House Republicans succeed in de-funding the health plan? And are they ready to stand their ground in removing funding no matter what Democrats and the president do in response? We discuss it all with Rep. Campbell, a member of the House Budget Committee.
Archives for February 15, 2011
Conservatives Pushing Big Spending Cuts
Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan is chairman of the Republican Study Committee, the coalition of House conservatives which boasts record membership this year. As House Republicans target spending cuts for the current fiscal year, what are conservatives demanding and how does it compare with what GOP leaders are willing to cut? Will conservatives go along with a hike in the debt ceiling? What concessions would they demand for even a tiny increase? And are conservatives and GOP House leaders working well together or is there a battle within the party over what the agenda ought to be? We discuss it all with Rep. Jordan.
Three Martini Lunch 2/15/11
Greg Corombos and National Review’s Jim Geraghty applaud the near universal rejection of President Obama’s budget and regret that the official national debt now equals the entire U.S. gross domestic product. They also address the IRS plan to offer tax breaks to breastfeeding mothers as part of Michelle Obama’s battle against America’s obesity.