Earlier this week, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) released a vague counter offer to President Obama's plan to avert the so-called fiscal cliff, offering $800 billion in revenue by closing unspecified loopholes and deductions and $1.4 trillion in spending cuts. Republicans have refused to provide details and have pressed Democrats to detail which cuts they would accept.
On Wednesday, during an appearance on CNN's Situation Room, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) became speechless when asked to list the spending reductions Congress should adopt, as host Wolf Blitzer pressed the Chairman of the House Republican Conference for just one example. Fellow guest Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-CA) just threw his hands up in frustration and detailed the $1 trillion plus in cuts Democrats have already supported:
BLITZER: So, what's the one thing you want Xavier Becerra to agree to, to avoid the fiscal cliff?
McMORRIS RODGERS: We need to have the spending cuts.
BLITZER: What? Give me an example?
McMORRIS RODGERS: Well, it is, it's, looking at the spending, looking at entitlement reform, looking at the growth in government. And you know what the President put on the table, the President is moving in the wrong direction. He proposed higher taxes than he ever said during the campaign, more stimulus, more spending, that's moving us in the wrong direction.
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