Cantor Assails Obama On Debt Negotiations

By Philip Bunnell

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) pointed his finger at the Obama administration Tuesday, saying an outlandish Democratic budget is the reason the country is in its current fiscal situation.

“We wouldn’t even be having these discussions if we had not brought forward that budget,” Cantor said. “Now we’ve got a situation where the president continues to say that he wants the big deal [and] that he’s the one that wants to go and tackle the entitlement programs in this country.”  

The White House and congressional leadership continue to spin their wheels as current negotiations have stalled after Democrats and Republicans dug their heels in the sand, refusing to budge on entitlements and taxes, respectively. 

“Yesterday’s discussions were not very fruitful,” Cantor bluntly told the audience. “For the president to say that he wants the big deal,” “I question that and what I would like to know is where are the details?”

Cantor and other GOP leaders were scheduled to meet with the President and Democratic leaders at the White House today, as they continued to try and find common ground on the debt ceiling.