Hello, I’m Charlotte Bellis, and you’re watching Newsy.com.
U.S. President Barack Obama’s national budget proposal hit Congress this week, and last night the House and the Senate did pass their own versions of the budget.
No Republicans in Congress voted for the president’s financial plan, but their stand was overshadowed by the democrat’s majority.
FOX News reports on the Republican view:
“You have minority leader Boehner saying this increases taxes, increases spending, increases the national debt. Over on the senate side, you have John McCain, who co-sponsored this GOP budget alternative, he was saying, ‘Hey, the only reason we’re able to do this is because we print money here in Washington. We don’t have the money to do this budget. We don’t have 3.6 trillion dollars.”(FOX News)
CNN looks at the lack of bipartisan cooperation in Congress:
“In talking to republicans in both the house and the senate wolf, it seems as though it is entirely possible that not one republican, not one republican in all of congress, may vote for the democrats budgets. …It just shows you that the kind of bipartisan tone that everyone was talking about just a couple of months ago, it is not here, and we are probably going to see that as sharply and as starkly as ever once we see these votes tonight, Wolf." (CNN)
The GOP introduced their own version of the budget earlier this week, but it was voted down. MSNBC brings this criticism:
“The political tinor from the, particularly the house republicans, but the republican party in general is unbelievable. I mean, if you look at this budget they proposed, it’s a crazy document. It’s going to cut spending across the board and give tax cuts to the wealthy. It would be like the democrats after 9/11 and said, we call for abolishing the CIA and cutting the military budget in half.” (MSNBC)
Politico says that Obama is taking only glancing blows in the fights for his policies…
“It's now probably worth pausing to note that Obama, though occasionally bloodied, hasn't yet lost a fight, and has emerged -- as expected -- as an extremely powerful president.” (Politico)
So what do you think? Should either party be doing more for bipartisanship? Can Obama still accomplish his goals?
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