The Republicans capitulate? And then you quote this: The threat of a government shutdown receded Friday, as Senate Democrats tentatively embraced a Republican plan to immediately cut $4 billion in federal spending by targeting programs that President Obama has already marked for elimination.
So the Republicans had already said they wouldn't accept a continuing resolution that didn't have cuts, Reid said a continuing resolution with no cuts only, and the "compromise" is a brief continuing resolution... with cuts.
Now to me, this looks like a Republican win and the dems capitulated. So are you just spinning like crazy or have you really twisted this around in your head as a Republican defeat? I honestly can't tell.
I knew you'd like that! This is the funny part:
a Republican plan to immediately cut $4 billion in federal spending by targeting programs that President Obama has already marked for elimination
Harry Reid: “The plan Republicans are floating today sounds like a modified version of what Democrats were talking about. We’re glad they think it’s a good idea, but we should keep our focus on what we need to do to cut spending and keep our economy growing in the long term,”
Charles Schumer: "They feared a government shutdown, and so they are adopting some of our suggestions on what to cut."
The programs cut included some Obama didn't want or see necessary any more, duplications, and so on....
