Washington – Obama to Miss Another Budget Deadline

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    President Obama speaks during the final news conference of his first term in the East Room of the White House in Washington.  Carolyn Kaster, APWashington – The White House will delay submission of its budget proposal to Congress for fiscal year 2014 because of the protracted fight over the “fiscal cliff,” according to an official in President Barack Obama’s budget office.

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    Jeffrey Zients, deputy director for management at the White House Office of Management and Budget, told Congressman Paul Ryan in a letter dated Jan. 11 that the long period it took to resolve tax issues in the “fiscal cliff” deal led to delays in the administration’s budget process.

    “Because these issues were not resolved until the American Taxpayer Relief Act was enacted on January 2, 2013, the administration was forced to delay some of its FY 2014 Budget preparations, which in turn will delay the budget’s submission to Congress,” Zients wrote in the letter.

    “The administration is working diligently on our budget request. We will submit it to Congress as soon as possible.”

    The deal over the so-called fiscal cliff made Bush-era tax cuts for middle class earners permanent while raising rates for individuals making $400,000 or more a year and households making $450,000 or more a year.


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    Barry521
    Barry521
    11 years ago

    This is the lord messiah, that knows best what is good for all of us. It’s a sorry state that the messiah has no use for our Constitution, or the rule of law. He sees fit to lecture us on life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, as long as those items do not interfere with his ideas of destroying this great Country.
    Thank all of those 70 % of the Jews who voted for this pariah.
    He got your vote, and now tells us that Israel doesn’t know what is best for itself. Like he knows what is best for you.