Congress returns this week to face two major issues: our military involvement in Libya and the budget. In an article written by Carl Hulse, members only have two more weeks to discuss the budget before "current measure financing the federal government expires." "Democrats said White House and Congressional officials continued over the weekend to try to identify potential cuts to make a new offer to Republicans of about $20 billion in reductions on top of $10 billion already approved. But whether that level could jump-start negotiations that hit an angry bump last week is unclear and Republicans said that some of the cuts Democrats had earlier proffered amounted to gimmicks." Democrats state that the Republican negotiators had originally decided on $30-40 billion in cuts, however, are now getting "cold feet under conservative and Tea Party pressure." With the two parties disagreeing on budget cuts, a solution in the near future seems unlikely. From what we have been learning in class about the clash of the two parties, can the two work together to successfully to come to one budget solution?
Since Congress was out of town when the United States military entered Libya, they will be seeking answers from administration. "Still, lawmakers are certain to push the administration to offer details on how long American hardware and troops will be engaged, what the goal of the mission is, how much it is going to cost and where the money will come from." President Obama will be leading a press conference tonight to answer most of these questions. I feel like these questions should have been answered before entering Libya and not after the fact. Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton, stated on Sunday's "Meet the Press" on NBC, that she feels the public and Congress has a right to ask questions.
"Congress Returns to Questions on Libya and Budget"
Since Congress was out of town when the United States military entered Libya, they will be seeking answers from administration. "Still, lawmakers are certain to push the administration to offer details on how long American hardware and troops will be engaged, what the goal of the mission is, how much it is going to cost and where the money will come from." President Obama will be leading a press conference tonight to answer most of these questions. I feel like these questions should have been answered before entering Libya and not after the fact. Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton, stated on Sunday's "Meet the Press" on NBC, that she feels the public and Congress has a right to ask questions.
"Congress Returns to Questions on Libya and Budget"
2 comments:
While the budget continues to be a major concern within the US government, it is remarkable the only actual action taking place is one of "bickering" between the two sides. Obviously, some solution and implementation of that solution would be better than a continuously divided house, so I am in complete agreement with wondering whether or not it is possible for the two sides to come together and come to a single budget solution.
As of now I don't believe that the two major parties can come together on a budget solution. They seem to be unable to compromise to reach a desired goal and unless this changes i think the issue with the budget will remain.
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