Greenstein on “Cut, Cap, and Balance Act”

The Center has issued a statement on the “Cut, Cap, and Balance Act” the House will consider on July 19.  It begins:

The “Cut, Cap, and Balance Act” that the House of Representatives will vote on next week stands out as one of the most ideologically extreme pieces of major budget legislation to come before Congress in years, if not decades.  It would go a long way toward enshrining Grover Norquist’s version of America into law.  It is so extreme that even the budget plan of House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan would not fully satisfy its requirements — the Ryan plan’s budget cuts wouldn’t be severe enough in some years.

Click here for the full statement.