"After Railing Against Government Spending, Speaker Boehner Can’t Name One Program He Would Cut"

After Railing Against Government Spending, Speaker Boehner Can’t Name One Program He Would Cut

Campaigning before the recent midterm elections, House Republicans were adamant that, if given power, they would cut government spending. However, when pressed for specifics, many were unable to list even one single item they would cut from the budget. “The line-item will be across-the-board,” Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) embarrassingly responded when asked for specific cuts.

Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) was no stranger to the promise to cut government spending. In fact, he promised over and over for months to do everything he could to reduce the budget.

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However, now that he holds the speaker’s gavel, it seems that Boehner is no better than his colleagues at actually identifying specifics in the budget that he would like to see eliminated. In an interview set to air tonight, NBC’s Brian Williams asked Boehner to name a specific item he’d cut, and Boehner couldn’t deliver:

WILLIAMS: Name a program right now that we could do without.

BOEHNER: I don’t think I have one off the top of my head.

Watch it:
http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2011/01/06/boehner-cuts/