He did not send in the chairman of the relevant committees involved in the negotiations. the speaker instead chose republican congressman garrett graves of louisiana and patrick mchenry of north carolina to negotiate with the white house. president biden picked the most capable and experienced budget and debt ceiling negotiating team washington has ever seen. steve ricchetti, counselor to the president, has been doing this for 30 years. in 1993, when i was the chief of staff in the finance committee with jurisdiction over the debt ceiling and many other things, steve ricchetti was working in the white house for president bill clinton, where he specialized in dealing with the united states senate for the president. he couldn t find anyone in the senate, democrat or republican, who didn t like and respect steve ricchetti. shalanda young is a budget expert in president biden s cabinet. she was confirmed as the director of the office of management budget with 61 votes, which included the
Rep. Andy Biggs fired a shot across the House Speaker's bow during a Wednesday AM appearance on Fox & Friends lamenting Kevin McCarthy's deal with Democrats.
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The Bush Administration's FY 2005 budget proposal calls for $47.4billion in homeland security funding: approximately 13 percent morethan estimated FY 2004 spending and a significant and appropriategrowth in homeland security expenditures. Most important, theAdministration's funding priorities dovetail well with the criticalmission areas established in the national homeland securitystrategy.