Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (left) and Speaker John Boehner said Senate Democrats need to come up with a budget plan of their own before a deal can be reached.
But Boehner spokesman Brendan Buck wasted no time pushing back on that claim.
“As a reminder, we cut $61 billion from current spending,” Buck said. “Also, Democrats — especially those at the White House — have yet to provide any plan for spending cuts for the rest of the fiscal year.”
“A prize goes to the first person who can ascertain a lucid explanation for how the White House has met us ‘halfway’ on spending cuts,” he said.
Rep. Bill Cassidy has his blood drawn by Alesha Barbour during a free hepatitis screening in the Rayburn House Office Building hosted by the Congressional Viral Hepatitis Caucus to recognize "National Viral Hepatitis Testing Day."
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