Chairman Murray and Baucus Refute GOP Debt Limit Claims, Make Case for Clean Bill in Memo to Senate Democrats
(Washington, D.C.) – Senate Budget Committee Chairman Patty Murray (D-WA) and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) released a joint letter and memo to Senate Democrats refuting recent Republican claims that attempt to justify playing partisan games with the debt ceiling, explaining why Republican debt prioritization proposals are unworkable and equivalent to default, laying […]
Chairman Patty Murray on House Spending Bill: “Irresponsible Exercise in Tea Party Pandering”
Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, released the following statement after Republicans in the House of Representatives continued pushing the country toward a government shutdown by passing their legislation to defund health care reform. “Today’s vote in the House is a deeply irresponsible exercise in Tea Party pandering that does nothing […]
Americans Across the Country: Sequestration Has To Go
Republican leaders say they are committed to keeping harmful cuts from sequestration in place. But from furloughed workers to home-bound seniors losing Meals on Wheels to scientists unable to conduct research, Americans across the country are speaking up about the impact of sequestration. And it’s time Republicans listened. Many Republicans in Washington D.C. are focused […]
Murray Calls for End to Republican Budget Brinkmanship and Tea Party Threats to Health Care Reform
Republican leaders say they are committed to keeping harmful cuts from sequestration in place. But from furloughed workers to home-bound seniors losing Meals on Wheels to scientists unable to conduct research, Americans across the country are speaking up about the impact of sequestration. And it’s time Republicans listened. Many Republicans in Washington D.C. are focused […]
Murray Statement on New Data Demonstrating the Harmful Impact of Sequestration on Head Start
Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, released the following statement on new Health and Human Services data showing the impact of sequestration on Head Start programs across the country. “It has been heartbreaking to visit Head Start centers where, even after laying off staff and asking others to take unpaid leave, […]
Ranking Member Sessions Comments On Passage Of Ryan-Murray Spending Package
“Majority Leader Reid rushed through this closed-door deal without a single amendment.” WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement tonight after the Senate voted 64-36 to adopt the Ryan-Murray spending package: “I appreciate the earnest work that went into crafting this proposal and the sincere policy […]
Sessions Comments On Reid Majority Blocking Amendments To Budget Deal
WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement tonight after the Senate voted 46-54 not to table Reid’s amendments that ‘filled the tree’ in order to allow actual amendments to the Ryan-Murray budget deal: “Today, Reid and his majority quashed the ability of any Senator to offeramendments […]
As Senate Cuts Off Debate On Spending Deal, Sessions Discovers Military Retiree Provision Worse Than First Thought
WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement today regarding a provision in the so-called Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 that cuts the pensions of disabled military veterans to fuel much larger spending increases elsewhere: “It has been asserted that the controversial change to military retirees’ pensions […]
Sessions: Point Of Order Loss Would Be A Blow To Minority Rights
WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement today regarding a provision in the Ryan-Murray spending package that would remove a key protection against future tax-and-spend legislation: “As we near a Senate vote on the spending package that emerged from the House, I remain deeply concerned about […]
Section-By-Section Analysis Of The Bipartisan Budget Act Of 2013
The Bipartisan Budget Act (BBA) of 2013 would increase the discretionary spending caps established by the 2011 Budget Control Act (BCA) by $45 billion in 2014 and $18 billion in 2015.