White House Pans House GOP ‘Duck, Dodge And Dismantle’ Bill

White House Pans House GOP ‘Duck, Dodge And Dismantle’ Bill
Susan Crabtree | July 18, 2011, 3:03PM



The White House is dismissing House Republicans' decision to take time out from serious debt talk negotiations to vote on a conservative plan called "Cut, Cap and Balance," ridiculing the measure as "Duck, Dodge And Dismantle."

House Republicans on Tuesday plan to consider the measure, which would slash spending, impose a statutory cap to keep spending below 18 percent of GDP and ensure a follow-up vote on a Constitutional amendment requiring Congress to balance its budget every year without any tax increases.

The bill also would raise the debt ceiling - an attempt to insulate House Republicans from charges that they are wreaking havoc on the economy by refusing to support an increase on the nation's borrowing limits that includes a tax increase of any kind.

White House spokesman Jay Carney called the bill "classic washington posturing kabuki theater," and said it would impose more draconian cuts to the nation's social safety net and Social Security and Medicare than the Rep. Paul Ryan's (R-WI) budget proposal, which was roundly criticized for balancing the budget on the backs of seniors.

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