Congressional Republicans agree that President Obama’s budget “spends too much, taxes too much and borrows too much.” So, what’s the Republican argument for fiscal discipline in these times with this President and Congress? How is the GOP planning to participate in budget negotiations? We had a lot of questions and decided to go straight to the source: The Takeaway talks with Eric Cantor, the Republican representative of Virginia’s 7th congressional district, who serves as the House Minority Whip about the Republican view of the President’s economic recovery plan.
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