Given all the Noise Machine wanking about Rep. Paul Ryan's draconian budget plan, I expected the budget talks to be VERY tough but the GOP has caved in. I guess they can also read poll numbers.
Budget talks: Republicans offer to seek common ground with Democrats
By Lori Montgomery, Published: May 4
Washington Post
Senior Republicans conceded Wednesday that a deal is unlikely on a contentious plan to overhaul Medicare and offered to open budget talks with the White House by focusing on areas where both parties can agree, such as cutting farm subsidies.
On the eve of debt-reduction talks led by Vice President Biden, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (Va.) said Republicans remain convinced that reining in federal retirement programs is the key to stabilizing the nation’s finances over the long term. But he said Republicans recognize they may need to look elsewhere to achieve consensus after President Obama “excoriated us” for a proposal to privatize Medicare.
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