Showing posts with label Democrats Consider Offering Medicare Provider Cuts In Exchange For Revenue Increases. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Democrats Consider Offering Medicare Provider Cuts In Exchange For Revenue Increases. Show all posts

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Democrats Consider Offering Medicare Provider Cuts In Exchange For Revenue Increases

NEW YORK -- House Majority Leader Eric Cantor's (R-Va.) decision on Thursday to leave ongoing debt ceiling negotiations seemed to bring those talks to an abrupt standstill. But aides on the Hill and a statement from White House Press Secretary Jay Carney seem to suggest that Cantor's absence means, simply, that the discussions will now get picked up by President Barack Obama and Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio).