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IBTimes Staff Reporter
March 29, 2011
http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/128268/20110330/federal-budget-charles-schumer-democrats-republicans-gop-budget-debate.htm
"It is time for House Republican leaders to rip the band-aid off. Mr. Speaker, it's time to forget the Tea Party and take the deal," Schumer said on the floor of the U.S. Senate on Tuesday.
House Speaker John Boehner R-OH, said on Tuesday that Democrats in the Senate had failed to pass any budget cutting plan of their own in the 38 days since the House passed H.R. 1, which seeks $61 billion in cuts for the remainder of the fiscal year, until September 30.
In the meantime, lawmakers have passed a total of $10 billion in cuts in a pair of stopgap budget deals. The latest three week extension was meant to give lawmakers time to negotiate
Schumer said Republicans and Democrats negotiating on that long-term deal had made progress, which quickly ended at the end of last week.