The 2012 budget proposal relies on cuts and reforms to safety net programs such as Medicare and Medicaid but mostly avoids changes to Social Security. The plan has little chance of passage but is meant to portray the GOP as the party willing to make hard choices.House Republicans on Tuesday unveiled their 2012 budget proposal, a document they hope will rebrand the GOP as the party of sensible solutions to government overspending with leaders willing to make hard choices.
House Republican Budget Would Slash $5.8 Trillion Over The Next Decade
Los Angeles Times - Top News, Los Angeles Times
Tue, 04/05/2011 - 10:20am
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