Obama Faces Challenges On Budget Vows

From Npr.org

Democrats defend the president's budget, arguing that to cut spending now would undermine efforts to heal the economy. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the budget would help fix it.

"In the first 100 days it enables us to make the claim that more has been done in this period of time for health care than in decades," she said. "More has been done on education than in generations. And in terms of energy, there's absolutely no contest."

So Obama's goal of redirecting the budget is well on its way. Fixing those deficits? Not so much.

And that has left members of the president's own party feeling queasy. Seventeen House Democrats voted against the budget. And the so-called Blue Dogs, fiscal conservatives, are watching spending carefully.