# Did republicans ever put forward an alternative budget with numbers?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-republicans-ever-put-forward-an-alternative-budget-with-numbers/495187>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 3, 2009, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-republicans-ever-put-forward-an-alternative-budget-with-numbers/495187 "2009-05-03T16:13:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![gitfiddle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/898d66/32.png) [@gitfiddle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gitfiddle)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2009, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-republicans-ever-put-forward-an-alternative-budget-with-numbers/495187/1 "2009-05-03T16:13:01Z")

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I put this in GQ because I’m just curious about whether or not this happened, not about whether or not the minority party normally puts out a budget or whether their budget was “good.”

I’m bringing this up because, a while back, the republicans put forward a budget proposal that lacked [any meaningful numbers](http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2009/mar/27/robert-gibbs/republican-budget-proposal-lacks-numbers-revenues-/) and Rep. Boehner, I believe, said they’d be coming out later with a more comprehensive budget that would include projected deficit cuts under their plan.

Did this follow up ever happen?

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**Author:** ![cckerberos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@cckerberos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cckerberos)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2009, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-republicans-ever-put-forward-an-alternative-budget-with-numbers/495187/2 "2009-05-03T16:34:22Z")

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I found [this pdf](http://www.house.gov/budget_republicans/press/2007/pr20090401_gopbudget.pdf), which may be what Boehner was referring to.