GOPer Drafts $1.4T Proposal to Tweak Obama

Some of Barack Obama’s boldest campaign-trail talking points are headed for a Senate vote—in the form of a budget amendment from a Republican. No, Wayne Allard isn't jumping GOP ship, but rather wrote the Obama-esque legislation to embarrass the Democratic candidate by pointing up his profligate ways, Martin Kady II writes in Politico. The proposal would cost $1.4 trillion over five years.

But the Colorado senator—who faces no blowback for the stunt, as he’s retiring—will force a vote on the amendment to further his point, saying it “needs to be a part of the process.” Obama's response bears watching, and Kady notes that the Chicagoan never suggested he’d fund all of his domestic policy plans in one stab. (More Barack Obama stories.)