Image uploaded from a quicklink (Image by Unknown Owner) Details DMCA | For the first time, Boehner managed to get his entire leadership team behind the plan -- including conservative champions such as House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (Va.) and House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (Wis.). But DeMint was not impressed.
"Speaker Boehner's $800 billion tax hike will destroy American jobs and allow politicians in Washington to spend even more, while not reducing our $16 trillion debt by a single penny,"Republican Jim DeMint said in a statement. "[I]f neither party leadership is going to put forward a serious plan to balance the budget and pay down the debt, we should end this charade." |