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Republican Leader Wants Deficit-Reducing Obamacare ‘On The Table’ In Debt Talks

Republican Leader Wants Deficit-Reducing Obamacare ‘On The Table’ In Debt Talks: During an appearance on Fox News on Monday, House Majority Leader Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) asserted that Obamacare “ought to be on the table” for cuts during ongoing budget and deficit-reduction negotiations between President Obama and Congressional leaders. Echoing House Speaker John Boehner’s (R-OH) recent op-ed calling for a repeal of Obamacare through “oversight,” Cantor [...]/p

Republican Leader Finally Admits That Federal Spending Cuts Kill Jobs

Republican Leader Finally Admits That Federal Spending Cuts Kill Jobs: It’s an article of faith amongst Republicans that government can’t create jobs, and that cutting government spending will lead to job growth. Republicans even pushed the nation to the brink of a debt default in order to secure cuts in federal spending in 2010.

But with the consequences of that debt ceiling deal due to hit in January — at which point the so-called “sequester” will cut into both military and non-defense discretionary spending — House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) is seemingly having a change of heart. On Thursday he tweeted that the sequester would hurt federal spending in key areas, and thus kill jobs: