New House GOP funding plan has less money for non-defense programs than Paul Ryan's last budget

Would someone please remind me who won this last election? Good news for austerity-bots:

House Republicans rolled out their answer Monday to keeping the government funded through September: a six-month stop gap bill that addresses some of the hot spots after sequestration but still locks in non-defense appropriations below even what Rep. Paul Ryan's budget demanded last spring.

Inside the Pentagon, billions of dollars would be shifted to operation and maintenance accounts to relieve some of the crunch facing the four military services. At the State Department, $1.1 billion in new funding would be allowed for embassy security. And additional funds are allocated to help Homeland Security maintain customs and border patrol staffing.

Apparently, Senate Democrats are considering whether to push for more "flexibility" within the spending bill, which would total $982 billion assuming sequestration kicks in. I guess the theory there is that if the Pentagon should have flexibility on how to spend reduced funds, then agencies focused on domestic priorities should have the authority to choose whether they are going to screw over elderly folks who depend on Meals on Wheels or mothers and children who need Head Start.

Nobody, however, is talking about simply repealing the sequester. It's enough to make you think that when they say they don't like the sequester, they aren't really being completely honest.