Obama has given his budget proposals to Democratic “Barons” in congress. The proposal was given to them with instructions from the president to “fill in the blanks”. But, these Democratic Congressmen are also taking things out.
I would think that Democrats would mostly agree on the types of things in this budget, including reducing tax breaks for the top 1 or 2 percent of the population in terms of wealth. But I was wrong. Congressmen of the president’s own party are making significant changes to Obama’s budget proposal.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
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Well I think that is probably an example of the nature of a legislator, they have to worry about their own reelection before following the party blindly. Candidate centered politics though parties are still very important
ReplyDeleteI think this problem is a product of the divisions within the Democratic Party. Two of the prime Senators invloved in this dispute hail from Montana and North Dakota. On the other hand, Obama is a big-city liberal.
ReplyDeleteA similar case was outlined in the article when the author discussed the differences Senators Baucus and Kennedy are going to have on health care. Senator Kennedy is widely known to be on the far left of the elected Democratic Party. Baucus has his own constituency to tend to and it is certainly not the same as Kennedy's or Obama's.
Reaching a consensus on all of these issues (health care, energy, and climate change) will certainly be tricky. Especially in the Senate.