The
U.S. Republican-led House of Representatives on Wednesday voted to pass
a bill that would force President Barack Obama to estimate when the
federal government's budget will balance again, fresh evidence of the
ongoing budget wrangling between the Republicans and Democrats.
The lower chamber of Congress passed the measure inCast iron clawfoot tubs a
vote of 253-167, given Obama missing Monday's deadline set out in law
to release the federal government's budget for the next fiscal year
starting Oct. 1.
The
measure was intended to prod the White House and the Senate to engage
in GOP lawmakers' efforts to slash mounting government debt.
"On
Monday, the President missed the deadline for submitting his fiscal
year 2014 budget. So, unfortunately, we haven't yet seen what the
President will propose to address our exploding debt, " House Majority
Leader Eric Cantor said during debate on the House floor.
"But if the President's 2014 budget is similar to his plan from last year,Antique faucets it will never achieve balance. Not next year, not in 10 years,This is a sheet-shaped intermediate material made by impregnating carbon prepreg with thermoplastic resin. and not even in 30 or 40 years," said Cantor.
The House passage sent the bill to the Democratic-controlled Senate, which is not expected to take up the bill.
In
its latest budget outlook, the Congressional Budget Office on Tuesday
predicted the federal government to register an 845- billion-U.S. dollar
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the first time during Obama's presidency that the red ink would fall
below the 1- trillion-dollar threshold, but was still at an alarmingly
high level.Mobile crusher
The U.S. federal government last balanced its budget in 2001.
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