Statement by AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee on House Budget Vote

Tuesday's election results sent the Republicans into a tailspin. By putting off the House budget vote, the GOP leadership is horse-trading in hopes of getting moderates to support the Republican-led slaughter of public services. But moderates have clearly seen the writing on the wall — uncompassionate conservatism just doesn't sell — and they're thinking about their own political future.

With the President's approval ratings tanking, and corruption and cronyism running rampant throughout the Republican Party, I challenge moderates to stand up to their embattled leadership and vote for poor and middle-class families and against the right wing's "Robin Hood in reverse" plan to gut services for the poor to pay for tax cuts for the super rich.

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American Federation of State, County
and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO
1625 L Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036-5687
Telephone (202) 429-1145
Fax (202) 429-1120

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