WH Office Hours: 2013 Budget 2/13/12
Heather Higginbottom, Deputy Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, responds to your questions about President Obama's 2013 Budget during a session White House Office Hours.
WH Office Hours: OMB Deputy Director Heather Higginbottom answers your ?s on the President's #2013Budget today @ 5:30ET. Ask now: #WHChat
Hi everyone - this is Heather Higginbottom - ready to answer your questions about the President's #2013Budget. #WHChat- .@LisaMaatz: check out this fact sheet that highlights investments for women in #2013Budget whitehouse.gov/omb/factsheet/… #WHChat
I'm concerned about the billions in subsidies that go to fossil fuel corps each year. What's in the #2013budget that addresses this? #WHchat- .@philaroneanu: #2013Budget repeals $30B in subsidies for fossil fuels. invests in clean energy and innovation. #WHChat
- .@tofdaj: about 1/2 of agencies are flat or cut in #2013Budget. investments in education, innovation, R&D, clean energy. #WHChat
- .@smloewner: POTUS had DOD & Generals come up with strategy for today's threats #2013Budget has new strategy and will keep US strong #WHChat
- .@CoachChris_BC: #2013Budget = $50B upfront & $476B over 6 yrs for roads rails runways to rebuild US whitehouse.gov/omb/factsheet/… #WHChat
- .@PeterDawsonUSA: econ much worse than xperts thought. target hit one yr l8r #2013Budget $4T in deficit reduc, stabilize debt to gdp #WHChat
.@OMBPress How does the President forge a budget? Does he collect line items from each major dept or ...? #whchat #2013budget- .@JanGDino: yes #2013Budget invests in clean energy goal = double share of clean energy sources by 2035 whitehouse.gov/omb/factsheet/… #WHChat
- .@StuHuffman: #2013Budget has lots of tradeoffs but USAID and State $$ up from 2012. #WHChat
