Arkady's Thoughts

Another resolution passed in the House to continue funding vital Government services including 6 Billion in cuts .  This time, unlike the previous from two weeks ago was met with more skepticism as over fifty Republicans voted against. Incidentally this group of fifty or so Republicans is a very similar group of forty or so Republicans that scored 100% on voting for spending cuts during the crafting of the 2011 budget bill.  So perhaps my title is a bit misleading because it seems that around 25% are indeed serious about our rising debt, inflation and final servitude. You may be wondering why Republicans opposed this recent measure considering it included 6 Billion in cuts over 3 weeks.  Because Congress is turning into more of a circus than it has been for the past several years.  There is no real leadership and no real guidance from positions of power.  John Boehner and Eric Cantor are too timid to take a strong stance most likely because they do not want ...

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%...