Orszag: GOP have gone from “the party of ‘no’ to the party of ‘no detail'

March 28 (Bloomberg) -- A Republican budget proposal offers few details on how it would prevent a projected gusher of government red ink in coming years, White House Budget Director Peter Orszag said.

Republicans have gone from “the party of ‘no’ to the party of ‘no detail,’” Orszag said in an interview on Bloomberg Television’s “Political Capital With Al Hunt” scheduled for broadcast today.

House Minority Leader John Boehner, an Ohio Republican, released earlier this week a 19-page, campaign-style document that included no specific numbers on deficits or government spending. The plan focused on calling for lower taxes.


Representative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, the top Republican on the House Budget Committee, distanced himself from Boehner’s document during an appearance on the Bloomberg program.


“There was some confusion as to what was released on Thursday; that was not our alternative budget,” Ryan said. He termed it “a broader Republican economic agenda” and said he would unveil the party’s tax-and-spending plan that includes specifics on March 31.


Ryan blasted the administration’s budget, saying, “We cannot mortgage our children’s future like the budget that we’re being asked to vote on does.”
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