http://www.washingtonpost.com/opini...b65b5e-7ce1-11e2-9a75-dab0201670da_story.html
Obama’s sequester deal-changer
Who is responsible? What really happened?
The finger-pointing began during the third presidential debate last fall, on Oct. 22, when President Obama blamed Congress. “The sequester is not something that I’ve proposed,” Obama said. “It is something that Congress has proposed.”
The White House chief of staff at the time, Jack Lew, who had been budget director during the negotiations that set up the sequester in 2011, backed up the president two days later.
SNIP
The president and Lew had this wrong. My extensive reporting for my book “The Price of Politics” shows that the automatic spending cuts were initiated by the White House and were the brainchild of Lew and White House congressional relations chief Rob Nabors — probably the foremost experts on budget issues in the senior ranks of the federal government.
Obama personally approved of the plan for Lew and Nabors to propose the sequester to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.). They did so at 2:30 p.m. July 27, 2011, according to interviews with two senior White House aides who were directly involved.
Proof: Obama Caught in Another Lie
Discussion in 'Political Debate & Discussion' started by carpro, Feb 23, 2013.
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Another blatant lie by Obama is just not news anymore, is it?:wavey:
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Revmitchell Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
I already posted this
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Jedi Knight Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
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I hadn't noticed.
Obama lying again is still not news, is it? -
Obama has lied many times in the past and his approval numbers are on the rise. Either the media is in the tank for him or our society doesn't care. I think it is both.
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Revmitchell Well-Known MemberSite Supporter