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red states rule
01-21-2013, 04:39 AM
It is clear Obama has his priorities and solving problems is not one of them. I want to thank all the Obama voters again for what they did on Election day. Obama will attempt to finish "transforming" America. I doubt if many will like what the end result
Concerning the budget, Roll Call’s Paul Krawzak wrote on January 8 (http://www.rollcall.com/news/obamas_budget_is_running_late-220638-1.html) that:
The Obama administration’s fiscal 2014 budget is widely expected to arrive late on Capitol Hill, possibly not until sometime in March, primarily as a result of uncertainty created by fiscal cliff negotiations.
The White House and Office of Management and Budget have not said when the budget will be released. By law, the spending proposal is due the first Monday in February, which will be Feb. 4. Fiscal 2014 will begin Oct. 1.
“I think everyone that I’ve talked to, everyone’s expecting March,” said Patrick Lester, federal fiscal policy director at the Center for Effective Government, formerly called OMB Watch.

That’s in between the fight over the debt ceiling and the coming military sequestration cuts. Additionally, Josh Gerstein of Politico wrote in a January 18 post (http://www.politico.com/blogs/under-the-radar/2013/01/obama-jobs-council-hits-year-without-official-meeting-154524.html)that:

President Barack Obama's Jobs Council hit a notable milestone on Thursday: one year without an official meeting. The 26-member panel is also set to expire at the end of the month, unless Obama extends its tenure.
The group, formally known as the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, last convened on Jan. 17, 2012 for a White House session where it presented formal recommendations to Obama. It was the panel's fourth official meeting since it was created in early 2011.


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