Bass laments gridlock in Washington.
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 | 1:31 p.m.
Rep. Charlie Bass (R) "offered somber straight talk to a bipartisan audience of 50 businesspeople at a New England Council Politics & Eggs breakfast in Bedford" April 2. He "decried the political posturing in Washington that has prevented serious decision making, especially with respect to the budget." Bass: “We can’t seem to get anything done.”
He "expressed support for both the Ryan budget and for the Simpson-Bowles deficit reduction plan, both of which tackle entitlement reform and make hard political choices regarding Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security." Bass, on Simpson-Bowles: “It’s got everything a politician can hang himself with in this.” On the Ryan budget: “I’ll be challenged every day for the vote I took last week [for the Ryan budget] by liberals and conservatives. Most Americans want us to get to work.”
When "asked about what will happen next after the U.S. Supreme Court rules on Obamacare, Bass said that if all or parts of the law are overturned, Congress will act to pass some of the more popular parts of the plan, citing the expansion of coverage to young adults and mandates covering pre-existing conditions." Bass, on transportation: "No one is going to support raising the gas tax right now.” On his endorsement of ex-MA Gov. Mitt Romney (R): “As a Republican, it would be politically difficult for me if any of the others were to win [the nomination]” (Cullen, New Hampshire Journal, 4/2).
He "expressed support for both the Ryan budget and for the Simpson-Bowles deficit reduction plan, both of which tackle entitlement reform and make hard political choices regarding Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security." Bass, on Simpson-Bowles: “It’s got everything a politician can hang himself with in this.” On the Ryan budget: “I’ll be challenged every day for the vote I took last week [for the Ryan budget] by liberals and conservatives. Most Americans want us to get to work.”
When "asked about what will happen next after the U.S. Supreme Court rules on Obamacare, Bass said that if all or parts of the law are overturned, Congress will act to pass some of the more popular parts of the plan, citing the expansion of coverage to young adults and mandates covering pre-existing conditions." Bass, on transportation: "No one is going to support raising the gas tax right now.” On his endorsement of ex-MA Gov. Mitt Romney (R): “As a Republican, it would be politically difficult for me if any of the others were to win [the nomination]” (Cullen, New Hampshire Journal, 4/2).
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