WASHINGTON – (INT) – Two local Congressmen are offering differing views on the Republican-led passage Wednesday of a budget for the fiscal year 2016.

Corona’s Ken Calvert pointed out that the Republican budget could be balanced in less than 10 years without raising taxes and cuts $5.5 trillion in spending over the next 10 years. Calvert says “President Obama’s budget plan leads to more spending, more debt, and more kicking the can down the road.”

Riverside Democrat Mark Takano says the GOP budget “once again shows their commitment to ending Medicare as we know it, gutting education programs, repealing Obamacare, and increasing taxes on middle class families in order to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy.”

The House passed the Republican version Wednesday a majority (219 - 208).

Story Date: March 29, 2015