Republicans have agreed to vote on a bill that would raise the debt ceiling temporarily, specifically through mid-April. The theory is that this would allow both chambers enough time to concoct a budget for next year. If no budget is passed by April 15th, they will be penalized with no Congressional pay until a budget is passed. The Washington Post reported:
“As laid out to fellow Republicans by House Speaker John A. Boehner (Ohio) in a speech at the retreat, the goal would be to force Senate Democrats to pass a budget, something they have failed to do for more than three years. With a budget in place, he told them, Republicans would require that a longer-term increase in the debt ceiling be tied to significant spending cuts.”
Boehner said that the principal is simple: “No budget; no pay.” But they caved on the debt limit. Are they going to cave on their budget threat? Paul Ryan said that they more or less had to because they only control the House and only have limited “tactical advantages.” Hardly ever is there is an instance in Washington where the GOP have complete political advantage. They’re nearly always offset by the other chamber or the President, and even if the GOP do control both Houses and the White House, you still have to consider the RINO’s who are in it for power. These days, it seems most representatives and senators are RINO’s.
The GOP are playing a game. Everybody’s got to move as a team under the leadership of Boehner and do what he says, or he’ll kick you off your assigned committees. I’d agree that Washington politics today is nothing more than a game to most people, but we have a Constitution that everyone there swore to uphold, and that means they have to vote and decide things in accordance with the Constitution, not according to what is most likely to happen. We didn’t send them there to play their game. Every single one of them that kowtowed to Boehner and Obama should be voted out of office.
Read More at godfatherpolitics.com . By Philip Hodges.
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It’s up to us to stop this mess and start over with reps who do what they are supposed to by the constitution.
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What congress? what constitution? what law enforcement? what President? It’s all past History. “Be ashamed, be very ashamed !!
I AGREE WITH YOU. THERE IS NO REPUBLICAN PARTY ANYMORE. THEY’VE ALL TURNED INTO ANGURY DEMOCRATS.
I am a hard core republican and about as conservative as can be ….I’m about ready to give up on voting republican an turn independent…These republicans are not conservatives anymore they forgot what being a rebublican means … They are selling out there base and will loose it if they don’t man up…..
Have you falsely assumed the media lie that you has no other option because of the undetectability off a candidate from any source than their approved party pair that refuse to endorse any patriot? It should be obvious even to the most naive by now that top officials in both parties fear that isolation of any minority block vote caused by immigration reform will render many incumbents unelectable. Likewise a recorded impeachment vote before the sacrificial goats are selected will politically condemn all that vote contrary to public opinion formed by daily revelation of yet more convicting evidence of brazen refusal to honor their oaths of office. Avoidance of both issues simply serves as a delay of constitutionally sound action as described in Article I, Section 2 and Article II, Section 4 with guaranteed exemption from future presidential pardon in Article II, Section 2.
At such time that impeachment action is taken the goats will commence resigning in multiplicity similar to the present hundreds per week of top officials leaving the banking systems in states now declaring their separation from the Federal Reserve Corporation. We are supposed to believe that After a hundred years of national bank fraud neither they nor the TV networks were aware that the fiat money scheme was doomed to fail purely by it’s inflationary design as a complimentary measure to the graduated income tax by continuing to qualify earners for a higher tax bracket based on a continually devalued dollar.. Ron Paul told you so. for 20 years.
There is nothing new about documented historic failures of both the 100 years old US money system and the kind of abusive government being shoved down your throat except the intent and purpose of the second amendment that will be applied. Even the billion rounds ordered by the DHS cannot stop what is coming.
Empty ammo shelves in retail outlets have raised the hackles and forged the determination of alert patriots to provide the cure for corruption in all government branches unable to clean their own establishments. Now they improvise in attention of executive orders aimed at government disqualification of all that fuel their fear based in guilt rooted in long standing corruption overlooked by the complicit media. .
Looks like the Democrats have the Republicans by the ying-yang and holding tight. Poor babies.
Poor gutless babies you mean. They had all the cards. They control all the money. Tell the Senate that they will no longer pay the bills for the senate, wages, air force one and all the bills coming out of the white house. Demorat=communist. Progressive=communist., liberal=communist. The federal government is in total control of the communist party.
iT IS PAST TIME FOR THE REPUBLICANS TO CLEAN HOUSE! THE LONGER WE WAIT, THE MORE
DIFFICULT IT WILL BE TO ACCOMPLISH!! “WEEPY” BOEHNER SHOULD BE FIRST! WHY DID
THEY REAPPOINT HIM TO START WITH?? HE HAS PROVEN, BEYOND ANY DOUBT, THAT HE IS
A TOTAL LOSER AND A RINO SUPPORTING O’VOMIT!!
I posted the following a while back as relates to this bone head Boehner, and the so called Budget and Debt Ceiling debates, which, in actuality, do not exist.
Why all of a sudden is there a call to lift the debt ceiling or to prepare a budget. There has been no budget since Obama became POTUS. This August 2 deadline is a Created Crisis Deadline that the Obama Regime is concocting in order to put one More Nail in the Coffin of the USA. Collapsing the Economy and Overloading the Debt is all part of the Cloward-Piven Strategy and our so-called Republican Party is Playing out their Part in this Scripted and Staged Dog and Pony Show. The Debt Ceiling will get raised and the Obama Regime will get everything they have proposed. John Boehner and all the rest of these criminals now serving in the United States Congress know that they made this deal all along, and what they are presenting us with VIA TV is nothing but a Dog and Pony Show and just like with TV Wrestling, the Winners and Losers are Written Into The Script and the TV Wrestlers have Practiced Their Stunts Day In and Day Out just like other Actors so as to appear Convincing as they Win or Lose on TV and this keeps the Wrestling Fans Engaged and Coming Back to Spend their Money to See if Their Hero Might Win Next Time, never even suspecting that the Outcomes of TV Wrestling is all Scripted and Rehearsed. If anybody is still actually following the So-Called Wranglings of Boehner VS Reid, et. al, you likely also believe that TV Wrestling Is Real Fighting.
This sorry S.O.B. Harry Reid and That Sorry S.O.B. Nancy Pelosi and the biggest and sorriest S.O.B. of them all, Barack Barry Hussein Sotero-Obama for the first two yers of the Obama Regime power grab, passed a trillion dollar so-called stimulus bill, the take over of 2 auto companies by the U.S. government, Cash For Clunkers, and Obama Care without one bit of conversation or debate with any republicans. And, in fact, that sorry S.O.B. in chief, Barack Obama, said, “Hey we win, so we get to do what we want to do.” And, this piece of crap Harry Reid has the gall and balls to say, “Boehner is acting in a dictatorial way.” is the biggest and most hypocritical thing I have heard yet from these scumbag democrats. Harry Reid may be even a bigger and sorrier piece of crap even than Obama and the Dingbat Nancy Pelosi.
Right-On Greyhawk My Only Wish Would Be That This “Imposter First Family “Fat Cakes” And Dumbocare” Could Be Led In Chains Out Of “Our Whitehouse” Both Are Illegal And Felons Using A Stolen Social Security Number (042-68-4425) Both On Joint Income Tax And Purchase Real Estate Using A Stolen SSN. Guilty, Case Closed. God Bless America And Sheriff Joe Arpaio.