Details: Budget Deal

The GOP is trumpeting victory because they reached a "budget deal" with the Democrats to cut some $38 billion in spending. However, many of the details had yet to be hashed out last weekend, and the final product wasn't actually revealed until about 2:00 AM this morning. Votes are scheduled for Thursday.

So, what's in the deal? First off, you have to realize that all the hype of another $38 billion in cuts... is a lie. Yup. That $38 billion figure includes the $12 billion in cuts already signed into law from early, short-term CR's. And this means that this new budget only secured an additional $26 billion in spending cuts... about a quarter of the $100 billion originally promised.

What else? Well, the budget deal included a rider that axed four of Obama's "czars": Gone are the czars for health care, climate change, autos and "Urban Affairs."

Another rider repeals two parts of ObamaCare: the Consumer Operated & Oriented Plan and the Free Choice Voucher program.

For complete details on this plan, visit the following two links.

For summaries of the funding levels:
http://blogs.ajc.com/jamie-dupree-washington-insider/2011/04/12/budget-deal-fine-print/

For details on what was cut and from where:
http://blogs.ajc.com/jamie-dupree-washington-insider/2011/04/12/cutbacks-in-budget-deal/

Enjoy the disappointment of a GOP-led House...