Republicans approve budget framework to make Trump tax cuts permanent

House Republicans approved a budget framework allowing Congress to rework both existing and future government spending

The measure has already been approved in the Senate and now heads to committee where Republicans will try to pay for President Trump's agenda, cut spending, and make his 2017 tax cuts permanent

To restore American energy dominance, to grow our economy, and to make a generational investment in our border security

and also make sure that we are ready militarily to deal with any of the threats that the country faces around the world

There were a couple dozen Republicans who were prepared to vote no on the package because they didn't think it's fiscally responsible

They changed their minds when Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Speaker Johnson announced a commitment to find at least $1.5 trillion in savings over the next 10 years

If that doesn't happen, those opposed say they'll stop the package from becoming law before the final vote

I promise you, you'll have not just me, you'll have 30 people that won't vote for it

There's things we can do, quite frankly, to grind this place to a halt if anybody tries to screw it

The most extraordinary of all promises? Passing a bill that doesn't add to the $36 trillion national debt

And most importantly for me a commitment from the leadership of the House that we will not put a bill on the floor of our chamber that adds to the national debt which is a deferred tax on our children Democrats released a Congressional Budget Office report Thursday morning that showed

making the Trump tax cuts permanent could add $52 trillion to the national debt over the next 30

years. The party is unified in its opposition to the Republican budget. It's about demolishing

the way of life for people who receive and are helped by Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid

And so, yes, this is absolutely paving the road, because if you notice, they sure as hell aren't going after waste in the Pentagon

They sure as hell aren't going after waste where we know the Pentagon has not passed a single audit

We're going to spend $100 trillion in the next 10 years. The idea that we can't cut $1.5 trillion out of that $100 trillion without pushing Grandma off the cliff

is a degree of misinformation in line to the American people. coming on the other side of the aisle that I think is really irresponsible

Republicans say they want to cut waste, fraud, and abuse and add work requirements to certain government programs like Medicaid

If they try to cut benefits, members say they'll sink the package

Many of us have said we're not going to support something that lowers the reimbursement rate for states like mine, New York

and we're not going to support any people being removed from traditional Medicaid

It's as simple as that. I'm Ray Bogan for Straight Arrow News. For more reporting, download the SAN app