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U.S. Rep. Jim Moran (D-8), released the following statement on the Supercommittee’s failure to reach a bipartisan agreement:
“The Supercommittee’s failure to act was disappointing yet predictable. I voted against its creation because the legislation through which it was enacted contained major cuts to discretionary spending with no corresponding increases in revenues – a so-called “Supercommittee” was little more than a platform for political posturing.
“The failure of the Supercommittee is a result of the polarization of today’s politics. We who were in Congress in the 1990's balanced the budget through the regular legislative process. Our work created three straight years of surpluses and we were on track to eliminate the entire amount of public indebtedness by 2013.
“Unfortunately, the Republican Party never had any intentions of reaching a compromise for fear that a Supercommittee agreement may lead to a success for President Obama. The members are no longer able, or even encouraged, to reach compromise because they must adhere to an anti-tax pledge pushed by an extreme wing of the party.
“I am hopeful a balanced package can be agreed upon that reverses the coming sequester. But given the gridlock in Congress, I’m greatly concerned such a deal will be at best, very difficult to achieve, and at worst, out of reach.”
Will Radle
10:49 pm on Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Representative Moran fails to state anything he is doing to help ensure success. Hope is not an action verb.
I agree with his sentiments on the challenges; the question remains what is Representative James P. Moran (D-VA 8) doing about it? By contrast, Representative Christopher Van Hollen (D-MD 8) joined Congress in 2003 and was appointed to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction.
Moran has been on Capitol Hill for over 20 years and remains a controversial benchwarmer.
I welcome a response.
A. Will Radle, Jr.
Creating a Culture of Listening
FairfaxAdvocates@gmail.com
Will Radle
11:26 pm on Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Knowing he helped create the shadow of insularity, division and power politics that permeates our culture, it is interesting to read Moran's complaint about the polarization of today's politics.
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TRUTH BE TOLD, WE NEVER BALANCED THE BUDGET IN 1990's
We will not allow an often repeated lie stand unchallenged: $17.9 billion in new debt is much better than the recent track record of increasing our debt by over a Trillion dollars annually. Still, we demand honesty of ourselves.
President Clinton and the Republican majorities in Congress during the 1990's never did balance the budget. They came close, but the best we did was in 2000 when we increased our debt by $17.9 billion.
The last time we had a year over year decline in our debt was 1957 when Eisenhower was President. Since 1957, we have never balanced the budget from one year to the next. The following takes you to the Bureau of the Public Debt to see for yourself: http://www.treasurydirect.gov/...
I have personally pointed this objective fact out to Representative Moran more than once. He needlessly repeats lies about events that happened over 11 years ago.
Again, I welcome a response.