Congressional Republicans will unveil a new economic agenda tomorrow. The plan promises to lower gas prices, put an immediate moratorium on earmarks, fix a broken tort system, stop taxes from spiking once the current tax cuts expire in 2010 and more. Republican Leader John Boehner previewed the plan saying this:
One of the things I have often asked our Members since Election Day, 2006 is what we would do differently if we had the majority in the House of Representatives again. This agenda we’re unveiling today is a big part of the answer. It is chock full of the sort of real reforms our nation needs. Over the past 18 months, the American people have seen what the Democrats who run Congress have to offer: higher taxes, broken promises, and skyrocketing gas prices. This agenda is our response. It is not just change for the sake of change, it is change rooted in freedom. We will fight to lower taxes, expand American energy to bring down gas prices, establish patient-centered health care, and cut wasteful Washington spending.
No one in the Republican high command expects these initiatives to ever see the light of day given the current Democratic majority. But they do offer the GOP fresh rhetorical ammunition and a growing positive agenda, as Republicans put together with the Contract with America or the Democrats “Six for ’06” agenda two years ago. Read the full outline of the plan here.
