Republicans and Democrats square off on spending, fascinating results courtesy of Heritage.
Do you want to know how the Rs and the Ds voted on the latest round of spending? Interested in seeing the amendments offered and how each representative scored? Now you can and the results are amusing to say the least. The house passed HR1 (2011 funding) with over 60 Billion in spending cuts, but Heritage took a look at strictly the amendments that dealt with straight up discretionary spending cuts. Unfortunately this bill is dead on arrival in the Senate hence spawning renewed talks of a Government shutdown. Still, it is illuminating to investigate how the new fiscal conservative House has done so far. You can find the convenient table on the Heritage post: After action Report . The report tracks every put spending cut amendment that was offered in the latest budget proposal and then produces a final tally based on these amendments. A score of 100% suggests that an individual supported every spending amendment, a score of 0%...