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Politics : President Barack Obama -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (68930)	1/28/2010 1:11:23 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 149317

ChinuSFO, I think you're being a little harsh. Where were the votes from the party of alleged fiscal restraint to round off the 60 needed votes?

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (68930)	1/28/2010 1:20:25 PM
From: Mac Con Ulaidh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

I think this vote is more telling: Senate passes pay-go rule on party-line vote By Michael O'Brien - 01/28/10 11:58 AM ET The Senate voted along party lines on Thursday to adopt statutory pay-go rules in a party-lines vote. 60 Democratic senators voted to adopt the pay-go measure (short for "pay-as-you-go"), which would require that new spending measures be offset in the budget by other funds, typically raised through tax increases or cuts to spending. Republicans have said that by installing the rule, pay-go would become an excuse for tax hikes, since spending cuts are frequently unpopular. All Democrats voted for the measure, and all 40 Republicans voted against it. The House adopted such a rule in a 265-166 vote last July. President Barack Obama urged senators to move forward with the new rule in his State of the Union address on Wednesday night. "When the vote comes tomorrow, the Senate should restore the pay-as-you-go law that was a big reason for why we had record surpluses in the 1990s," he said. Obama's remarks came within the context of a broader effort toward deficit reduction, in addition to a three-year freeze on non-defense discretionary spending, and a commission on deficit reduction established by executive order. thehill.com