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Tuesday 27 October 2015
Speaker Boehner’s last deal: 2-year budget, debt ceiling
WASHINGTON (AP) — ing cuts for the 2014-2015 House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio arrives for a caucus meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington.
House Speaker John Boeh- budget years. A lot of Boehner is pushing to finalize a budget agreement with President Obama before handing
ner is pushing to finalize conservatives disliked the Congress’ top job over to Rep. Paul Ryan this week, congressional officials said Monday.
a far-reaching, two-year measure and many on the
budget agreement with Repubicans’ right flank are (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
President Barack Obama likely to oppose the new
before handing Congress’ one, which would apply there are equal defense Obama wants roughly $74 and domestic programs.
top job over to Rep. Paul to the 2016-2017 budget and nondefense increas- billion in additional defense Instead, aides said, the
Ryan this week, congressio- years. es.” At the White House, and nondefense spend- framework would permit
nal officials said Monday. The closely-held talks had press secretary Josh Ear- ing this year. The measure $50 billion in additional
The budget pact, in con- appeared to be proceed- nest said: “Not everything wouldn’t provide full relief spending in 2016, about a 5
cert with a must-pass in- ing slowly but took on ur- has been agreed to. That demanded by defense percent increase, and $30
crease in the federal bor- gency over the weekend means nothing at this point hawks and would award billion above current limits
rowing limit, would solve as House Republican lead- has been agreed to.” equal increases to defense for 2017. q
the thorniest issues await- ers looked ahead to a debt
ing Ryan, who is set to be limit vote this week that AP-GfK Poll: Trump is hard sell for Hispanics
elected speaker on Thurs- they feared they might not
day. The position is the be able to pass as a stand- JILL COLVIN Even so, most in the field rights advocacy group,
hightest in Congress and alone measure. EMILY SWANSON are unknown to enough said the findings are no sur-
the second in line of suc- “Fiscal negotiations are on- Associated Press Hispanics that they might prise and “consistent from
cession to the president. going,” Republican Majori- NEWARK, New Jersey (AP) have a shot at proving what we’ve heard from the
The budget pact would ty Leader Mitch McConnell — Republican front-runner themselves. community.”
also take budget show- said as he opened the Sen- Donald Trump is widely That’s a particular struggle Trump’s provocative com-
downs and government ate on Monday afternoon. unpopular among the na- for Trump, who began his ments about the charac-
shutdown fights off the “As the details come in and tion’s Hispanics, a new AP- campaign for president by ter of immigrants and his
table until after the 2016 especially if an agreement GfK poll finds, challenging calling some immigrants plans for mass deportation
presidential election, a po- is reached, I intend to con- the billionaire’s oft-repeat- from Mexico rapists and and construction of a wall
tential boon to Republican sult and discuss the details ed assertion that he will win has vowed to deport all all along the Mexican bor-
candidates who might oth- with our colleagues.” the Hispanic vote if he be- of the estimated 11 million der stirred a backlash from
erwise face uncomfortable Negotiators hoped to of- comes his party’s nominee. people living in the coun- Hispanic groups. He also
questions about messes in ficially file the legislation The survey finds many of try illegally if he is elected bailed on an event with His-
the Republican-led Con- Monday night, but it’s not the Republican candidates president. panic business leaders.
gress. Congress must raise clear whether they’ll meet running for president would Trump is viewed unfavor- Nonetheless, Trump says
the federal borrowing limit the goal. House Republi- probably struggle to win ably by 72 percent of His- Hispanics love him.
by Nov. 3 or risk a first-ever can leaders announced a significant support among panics, with 6 in 10 having “I have fantastic relation-
default, while money to closed-door meeting Mon- Hispanics in a general elec- a very unfavorable opin- ships with the Hispanics,”
pay for government opera- day night to gauge support tion. Former Florida Gov. ion of him, the AP-GfK poll Trump said last week. “I
tions runs out Dec. 11 unless among rank and file. Jeb Bush and U.S. senator finds. Only 11 percent view employ thousands of His-
Congress acts. The emerg- Party defense hawks are from Florida Marco Rubio him favorably. panics right now, tens of
ing framework would give a driving force, intent on are their favorites, but even Janet Murguia, president thousands over the years
both the Pentagon and reversing automatic bud- they are a hard sell, the poll of the National Council of I’ve employed. They’re fan-
domestic agencies two get cuts. Democrats and suggests. La Raza, the Hispanic civil tastic people.”q
years of budget relief in ex- the White House are press-
change for cuts elsewhere ing hard as well, demand-
in the budget. ing increases for domestic
The measure under discus- agencies on par with any
sion would suspend the Pentagon hikes. The mea-
current $18.1 trillion debt sure is aimed at undoing
limit through March 2017. the automatic cuts, which
After that it would be re- are a byproduct of a 2011
set by the Treasury Depart- budget and debt deal and
ment to reflect borrowing the failure of Washington
over that time. to subsequently tackle the
The emerging budget side government’s fiscal woes.
of the deal resembles a “It is past time that we do
pact that Ryan himself put away with the harmful,
together two years ago in draconian sequester cuts,”
concert with Democrat- said Democratic Senate
ic Sen. Patty Murray that Minority Leader Harry Reid.
eased automatic spend- “We must also ensure that
