WASHINGTON–The budget plan recently introduced by the House Democratic Blue
Dog Coalition deserves "widespread support" from members of Congress who are
serious about balancing the budget and keeping it balanced, according to an
analysis of the plan released today by the Concord Coalition.
WASHINGTON–The budget plan recently introduced by the House Democratic Blue
Dog Coalition deserves "widespread support" from members of Congress who are
serious about balancing the budget and keeping it balanced, according to an
analysis of the plan released today by the Concord Coalition.
"The Blue Dog plan sets a high standard by which other plans to balance the
budget should be judged," according to Concord Executive Director Martha
Phillips. "The plan refrains from calling for any tax cuts or major new
spending initiatives, either of which would make the task of balancing the
budget by 2002 more difficult. I hope budget strategists in both parties will
see its obvious merits and head in this direction."
"The time has come to put partisan rhetoric aside and work together to adopt
a budget that reaches balance no later than 2002, in reality as well as on
paper," said Warren Rudman (R-NH), co-chair of the Concord Coalition. "This
plan easily meets that challenge and would represent a major step toward
restoring generational responsibility as a national goal."
"I commend the Blue Dog group for both their hard work in developing this
excellent plan and their courage in showing their colleagues in Congress that
good policy can also be good politics," said former Representative and
Concord Board Member Tim Penny (D-MN). "This plan goes beyond achieving
balance in five years, to build sizeable surpluses that will help the nation
build the economy needed to deal with the pressures of an aging society."
Check this link for Concord’s detailed analysis of the blue dog budget plan.
