Fox's Carl Cameron Falsely Claims Democrats Have Not Proposed Spending Cuts

Fox News' Carl Cameron falsely claimed that Democrats are pushing for revenue increases without spending cuts in a report on the debt ceiling negotiations. In fact, President Obama and Democrats have offered billions in cuts to social insurance programs.

In a segment on ongoing negotiations to raise the debt ceiling and avoid automatic, across-the-board spending cuts, Cameron described the proposals by claiming, “Republicans want spending cuts and no more tax hikes, and Democrats want pretty much the opposite.” From the January 31 edition of Special Report with Bret Baier:

In fact, Obama offered spending cuts throughout the fiscal cliff negotiations and has already cut spending. Obama offered over $400 billion in spending cuts to social insurance programs in addition to the $1.5 trillion in spending cuts included in the 2011 Budget Control Act. They also found that the spending in the act will decrease discretionary spending to “its lowest level” as a share of GDP “going back to 1962.”