The battle of the budget is underway in the House of Representatives as Republicans push major spending cuts in an effort to restore some fiscal sanity and Democrats accuse the GOP of abandoning women and children in the process. Texas Rep. Bill Flores unseated an incumbent Democrat last year due in large part to concern over our debt and expansion of government. So now that he’s finally in the fight, what does he hope to achieve? What does he hope to bring from his days as a chief financial officer in the private sector to his work on Capitol Hill? Why is he underwhelmed at the Obama budget? What can we expect from the GOP budget proposal? And is either side really ready to take on the thorny issue of entitlement reform? We discuss it all with Rep. Flores, a member of the House Budget Committee.
Archives for February 16, 2011
Three Martini Lunch 2/16/11
Greg Corombos and National Review’s Jim Geraghty cheer on the protesters trying to bring down the execrable regimes in Libya and Iran. They groan as House Democrats predictably accuse Republicans of putting women and children last as the GOP tries to cut spending. And Jim chronicles his effort to get NYU to respond to the detestable online comments of Nir Rosen.