CT budget crisis possible
As the June 7 budget deadline, legislators are grappling with needs and the state's spending cap.
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As the June 7 budget deadline, legislators are grappling with needs and the state's spending cap.
So i'm not sure what everybody wants. we couldn't get everything we wanted. focused on about 11% of the budget and when you talk about spending back to 2022, the nondefense is back. veterans get more money. defense gets more money. so i think this is a place and we can't for the next six years have always said the debt ceiling is like a family having a credit card but the family's charged all the way up so what have we done? we made sure next year, this year we'll spend less than last year. we're going to put a spending cap for six years so we can't keep spending the way we are. we looked arou...
By staying united, the House GOP forced concessions from Biden.
It's going to be because of house republicans. because of magats dreamiest successfully holding mccarthy hostage once again. they are the ones who will get the blame. we will be done with this both sides narrative, that each side has something to live. that this could blow back on the president. no. the president made the deal. the president did what he was elected to do. deliver deals for the american people that protect the most vulnerable among us. if this falls apart, if we default, if the economy craters, kevin mccarthy is now the face of this deal. there's a reason why he was the one tha...
People decide to take the u.s. economy, is because it is one hunted percent going to be at the feet of the republican party, and not the president. >> david, we are beginning to see some of the pieces of the steel coming into focus for us. the two-year spending cap. aspects of it. the changes to the work requirements. yes but those seemingly phasing out by 2030. no impact on medicaid, medicare, social security. so what is your take in terms of the framing that you are hearing so far, the american people should feel pretty good about this deal as well in the final analysis, don't you think? >> ...