re: #127 Higgs Boson’s Mate

Just a reminder that today is the day that Obama submits his budget to Congress. Obama is going to ask for roughly $561bn for defense, $38bn more than allowed under the budget deal struck in 2013.
Obama is hoping that Congress will agree to the increase without cutting other programs. I am hoping to win the lottery.

We all like to dream the impossible dream from time to time. When the announcement was made the other day that he was going to bump up his budget request this year, I cynically remarked that he was wasting his time. The GOP’s going to just circular file it, then cobble together a new “Ryan Plan,” this time with a possibility of actually getting it to his desk. Though I have my doubts, unless McConnell is planning trickery to get past a Senate Dem filibuster.