Blue Dogs push to go further than Obama spending freeze

Source: The Hill

Blue Dog Democrats want Congress to go further than President Barack Obama’s proposal to freeze spending in next year’s budget.

The group of House centrists will soon introduce a bill capping discretionary spending at specific levels. The move would challenge their leadership and the president, who are balancing concerns with the nearly $1.6 trillion deficit in 2010 with those who say government spending on job creation is the way out of the recession.

The spending levels sought by the Blue Dogs may result in spending cuts, which would go beyond Obama’s proposal to save $250 billion over the next decade by freezing non-security discretionary spending for three years, said Rep. Baron Hill (D-Ind.), a senior Blue Dog.

“Two hundred and fifty billion is a lot of savings with a freeze on discretionary spending, but I think we can do better,” Hill said in a brief interview.

The group has yet to hash out the details on the spending caps bill, but it has near-unanimous support among its members, a Blue Dog aide said.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/80311-blue-dogs-push-to-go-further-than-obama-spending-freeze

They want him to be 100% Republican neocon wingnut. But good that it's made public, thanks OP. I'll look for my local bluedog to bark in this chorus.

Mark my words, he'll do anything to make friends with The Devil.

Of course, the progressives will be ordered to play nice and give up the jobs creation spending, meager though it is.

no doubt they have a dirty secret on each and every one of them and they have just found the right time to bring them all out. Start with Ben Nelson's. I'm sure it's a duzy.

pictures please

Rahm helped half of the fuckers to get elected -- he is on their side.

he won't put up with taking the fall after giving them the leg up to the saddle. He's gonna have to settle his IOU's soon

they're rahm's buddies.

all for that if it means the Defense Dept. budget is frozen and cut

These idiots make the Repuglickers look intelligent

Would you feel the same if the cuts they wanted were in Defense spending? Or how about in Oil Company subsidies? You should heed that famous old saying, "Sometimes it is better to remain quiet and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt"

Doubt seriously that's what the bastards will cut, however.

I keep hearing the BS meme "We have to support Blue Dogs because they are better than Republican!", So tell me, HOW are they better?