GO MODERATES! The pressured are now applying the pressure.
WASHINGTON -- Moderate Republicans yesterday handed their leaders two embarrassing setbacks on Capitol Hill, stopping a $50 billion package of
controversial budget cuts in the House and an extension of the president's tax cuts in the Senate.
The day's events illustrated the power of the small but stubborn group of Republican moderates on both sides of the Capitol who have balked at the
efforts of
GOP leaders to scale back funding for social programs such as Medicaid, Medicare and food stamps while advancing a $70 billion
extension of President Bush's tax breaks, which primarily benefit higher earners.
I know they are looking forward to '06 and what their constitutents are going to do. Seems the rats are all jumping the USS G-dub and manning life
boats. Don't know how long this is going to last but as long as the poll numbers are low think Bush is in for a long winter.
House leaders made a huge concession to those moderates late Wednesday night when they agreed to remove -- at least for now -- a provision to
allow drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). Twenty-six Republicans pressured their leaders to remove the provision in a letter this
week
NO DRILLING IN ANWR!!!
