Sure, Congress writes the budget according to the President's requests. And all those emergency spending bills were....?

"That makes it pretty hard for the R's to get the cuts extended unless they cut spending elsewhere. I'm confident they'll be able to accomplish those spending cuts that will pay for that tax extension."
That's some funny stuff right there. Not a single r has been able to state one thing they'll cut to reduce the deficit, let alone pay for the tax extension. In fact, Cantor won't even admit they're tax cuts. None of them will even admit it will add to the deficit. You guys are delusional.

And the size of the deficit being less than doubled; that's the CBO's estimate.