Battle lines quickly set over planned policy shifts

By Lori Montgomery | Sunday, March 1, 2009 | The Washington Post

“…Republicans and Democrats alike say the budget request, which seeks $3.6 trillion for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1, marks the biggest ideological shift in Washington since the dawn of the Reagan administration. Fierce clashes are likely on an array of fronts, from Obama’s plan to spend at least $634 billion to expand health care for the uninsured to his proposal to raise a similar sum by taxing industries that generate greenhouse gases….”…BS

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/28/AR2009022801960_pf.html

 

 

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