Republican Study Committee head Jordan to vote against spending bill

House Republican Study Committee (RSC) Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) said Tuesday he would oppose the FY 2011 spending agreement reached late last week because it does not cut enough.

"While I respect that some of my Republican colleagues will ultimately support this spending deal, I believe voters are asking us to set our sights higher," Jordan said. "Americans want us to reach higher, act bolder, and remember the job we were sent here to do."

Jordan noted that the RSC had its sights set on a $100 billion cut from President Obama's proposed FY 2011 budget. The agreement as negotiated goes a little more than halfway toward that goal, when counting the cuts Congress has already made this year in short-term spending bills.

Jordan blamed Democrats for preventing the RSC from reaching its goal.

"I thank the Republican leadership for their efforts to cut spending and rein in Washington," he said. "By contrast, the tax-and-spend Democrats failed to pass their own budget last year, failed to take action on our spending plan this year, and never came up with a plan of their own."

Twenty-eight Republicans, including Jordan, voted against the one-week stopgap bill on Saturday that paved the way for the full-year spending bill this week.