Some members of Congress, including Republican Representative Nan Hayworth of New York and Democratic Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon, want to back out of the deal reached on raising the deficit--a deal agreed to after lengthy and painful negotiations that nearly closed down our government late last year. House Budget Committee Republicans have met with majority leader Eric Cantor to discuss further reductions to programs that are under Congress' control, (like Medicare), thus re-opening the whole spending debate.
what eye thynk: This is deja vu all over again. (See my post of March 8 "The Art of Governing in Reverse".)
Senate leadership has already said that any measure attempting to alter last year's agreement will not be put up for a vote in the Senate, effectively making the whole argument moot; but House Republicans still seem determined to waste time on what is essentially just an opportunity for some members to out-conservative each other.
Their focus on Medicare once again shows that, when it comes to spending parity, it will be those most fragile who will be exploited while the very wealthy continue to purchase government in their own image.
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