Murray to Dems: Don’t give up on more “revenue”
The Washington Post has posted a 12-page memo from U.S. Sen. Patty Murray outlining her positions on writing a budget for 2014.
Murray, D-Wash., argues that deficit reduction has so far focused almost entirely on cuts and not enough on "revenue" -- tax increases.
"We need to make sure any budget deal we make is balanced, fair for the middle class, and calls on the wealthiest Americans to pay their fair share," Murray wrote in her letter introcuding the memo.
Murray, who was in Spokane last week highlighting job programs, is the new chairwoman of the Senate Budget Committee.
The memo and Ezra Klein's analysis is worth a glance and is a good outline for the Democrats' position and interal battles in the upcoming budget showdown brewing in Congress.
