Boehner: Compromise Will Trim GOP’s $61 Billion Budget Cuts

|| I think all of know that we are going to cut spending. ||

Budget Compromise.

Many in the Tea Party are upset that Republican budget cuts did not go further.

Well, prepare to be even more disappointed.

After passing a two week continuing resolution,

Boehner spoke to the realities of the budget situation;

With Democrats in control of both the Senate and the White House,

The GOP’s $61 billion in budget cuts is likely to get trimmed back.

House Speaker John Boehner fulfilled the House’s commitment to passing a short-term budget that cuts $61 billion from current spending levels, but he’s not ruling out the possibility of a compromise with the Democrat-controlled Senate.

Responding to a question Tuesday about whether he foresees the House ultimately budging from the $61 billion figure, the Ohio Republican did not say that the chamber would hold firm when the Senate returns their proposal, which will likely include less than a $61 billion reduction in spending levels.

“I think all of us know that cutting spending in Washington, D.C. never happens, and so to think that we’re going to have significant cuts in spending levels is not going to be easy,” Boehner said.  “I understand that, Senator Reid understands that, but I think all of us know that we are going to cut spending.”

There will be cuts, but just not as much as conservatives would like.

And for those screaming for a government shutdown to get the cuts the GOP wants,

That is a public relations battle that Republicans just cannot win.