claim: republicans tried to block the deficit commission.
author: tim kaine
evidence_1: aug 18, 2010 ... fiscal policy is a hot button issue in this year's election season, and ... a deficit  commission working that the republicans tried to block," he said.
evidence_2: jan 3, 2017 ... dems: gop trying to hide costs of obamacare repeal ... increase direct spending  and the deficit by $3 trillion and the cynical rules proposal ... to amend and we  are going to change," said rules committee chairman rep. ... federal judge  blocks implementation of trump's ban on transgender military service.
evidence_3: aug 30, 2012 ... for a republican national convention that began with the unveiling of a ... "he  created a bipartisan debt commission," ryan continued, "they came back ... the  state-federal health plan for the poor, into a block grant for states.
evidence_4: feb 15, 2011 ... this is not the first attempt by congress to cut funding for what many republicans  see as ... if funding indeed gets put on the chopping block, it could have a ...  president obama's bipartisan deficit commission in november also ...
evidence_5: when congressional republicans tried to reverse course, the administration ...  only a constitutional safeguard such as this can prevent deficits from mounting ....  the chair of the supposedly independent federal communications commission ...