GOP Leader Eric Cantor Pulls Out of Debt Talks Over Dem’s Tax Demands
WASHINGTON (The Blaze/AP) — House Republicans, including Majority Leader Eric Cantor, are pulling out of negotiations being led by Vice President Joe Biden on the budget because Democrats insist on pairing spending cuts with at least some tax increases.
Cantor, from Virginia, said it’s time for President Barack Obama to weigh in directly.
The Hill has part of the statement released by Cantor:
“Regardless of the progress that has been made, the tax issue must be resolved before discussions can continue,” Cantor said. “Given this impasse, I will not be participating in today’s meeting and I believe it is time for the president to speak clearly and resolve the tax issue,” he said.
Cantor said that the talks so far have established a “blueprint” for going forward.“I believe that we have identified trillions in spending cuts, and to date, we have established a blueprint that could institute the fiscal reforms needed to start getting our fiscal house in order,” he said.
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Three cheers for Rep. Cantor, for finding your spind and standing up for the American people and what we want. Obama needs to step in and tell the Democrats to talk in good faith and not just insist on having things their way. If Obama is the President then he should be forced to come up with solutions and not continue to do nothing and allow Republicans to come up with all the ideas and then cut them down, when the whole time Obama refuses to submit his own plan. Make him submit his own plan.
Even though I am a Republican, I disagree with a lot of what they do. This is the first time in a long time, I can say lets give Rep. Cantor (rep) three cheers of support.
