ABC News’ Rick Klein Reports: House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, reacted to the rise in unemployment today by calling for a federal government spending freeze.
“Washington Democrats seem more determined than ever to continue pursuing tax hikes and pork-barrel spending increases that are only proving to make matters worse,” said Boehner, R-Ohio, in a statement.
“President Obama campaigned against wasteful spending last year and has renewed commitment to fight it now that he is in office. I hope he will follow through on that promise by vetoing this legislation if it passes the Senate and working with House Republicans to enact a spending freeze for the remainder of this fiscal year.”
The move come as Senate Democrats scramble to find the votes to pass a $410 billion spending bill to cover federal expenditures through the rest of this fiscal year. The bill increases so-called “discretionary” spending by about 8 percent -- and includes some 8,500 earmarked special projects inserted by lawmakers.
The president has said he will sign the bill regardless of criticisms from Republicans and some Democrats. But it’s developing into yet another rallying point for an opposition party that’s finding its way to a new identity under the Obama administration."
Obama is caught between the Rahm Doctrine (Never let a crisis go to waste) and the Republican doctrine (Defraud China and the Arabs).
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