Healthcare repeal fails

[dellinger63]

Originally Posted by Riot

LOL - surely you jest? You mean like Speaker Boehner changing the work hours for the Congress? They now work two weeks, then get one week off (check the schedule on .gov.) That's right, they now, thanks to the GOP, effective this Congress, only work two weeks out of three - and not even five days a week, either.

Yet we're paying for that. Nice, big fat salaries, $140K/year, plus super benefits. Thanks, Speaker Boeher - wouldn't want actual Congressional work to interfere with your golf game or your lobbying on the floor of Congress, passing out checks from oil companies.

The GOP was elected to help the economy and jobs, and so far have nothing but two failed bills, trying to achieve big government control over other people's lives, to show for it.

I'm surprised you support that type of big government interference and control, Dell - I thought you said you were small government?

And then there's Boehners huge mistake yesterday, and again today, of calling for votes the wrong way, and not having enough votes to renew the Patriot Act. Surprise! You guys don't have a clue what you are doing!

This should make you feel better. "It's important to do what we said we were going to do," said Rep. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz. "The new plan will build upon a partial roster of cuts released Wednesday that targeted school aid, the Environmental Protection Agency and would kill off a high-speed rail program that Obama wants to significantly expand"

Now get out of the way and stop interferring. And if they continue on this pace they deserve a week vacation for every two worked. Dems should stay in DC and work in defiance.


http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-0...ding-cuts.html

[Antitrust32]

Originally Posted by dellinger63

This should make you feel better. "It's important to do what we said we were going to do," said Rep. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz. "The new plan will build upon a partial roster of cuts released Wednesday that targeted school aid, the Environmental Protection Agency and would kill off a high-speed rail program that Obama wants to significantly expand"

Now get out of the way and stop interferring. And if they continue on this pace they deserve a week vacation for every two worked. Dems should stay in DC and work in defiance.


http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-0...ding-cuts.html

the last thing we need to cut is school aid

[Riot]

Originally Posted by dellinger63

This should make you feel better. "It's important to do what we said we were going to do," said Rep. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz. "The new plan will build upon a partial roster of cuts released Wednesday that targeted school aid, the Environmental Protection Agency and would kill off a high-speed rail program that Obama wants to significantly expand"

Now get out of the way and stop interferring. And if they continue on this pace they deserve a week vacation for every two worked. Dems should stay in DC and work in defiance.

"This pace"? The Republicans haven't done diddley yet, except two failed bills, and three resolutions - THREE - attacking women's current Constitutional health rights!

LOL!

Apparently the Republicans most important, major, immediate focus isn't jobs, isn't the economy, wasn't even the budget - it's to take away women's Constitutional rights by a big government takeover and intrusion.

Yeah, these guys are really the "small government" types.

Boehner doesn't even know how his own caucus is voting, and they apparently can't count. They didn't go over things with the caucus. They need to get it together, and fast.

The Tea Party is going to kill the GOP if they are not careful. Sticking to a particular dollar figure (the Tea Party refusal of the rest of the GOP budget in the private caucus) out of sheer stubborn demagoguery is silly.

Trying to take that huge dollar figure out of only 14-17% of our budget, attacking only the most necessary and helpful services (education, EPA, etc) while completely ignoring budget cuts in defense and entitlements is naive.

That type of thing may make you personally happy, but I doubt it will fly with the rest of America as they lose those services. We'll see.

[Nascar1966]

Originally Posted by Riot

"This pace"? The Republicans haven't done diddley yet, except two failed bills, and three resolutions - THREE - attacking women's current Constitutional health rights!

LOL!

Apparently the Republicans most important, major, immediate focus isn't jobs, isn't the economy, wasn't even the budget - it's to take away women's Constitutional rights by a big government takeover and intrusion.

Yeah, these guys are really the "small government" types.

Boehner doesn't even know how his own caucus is voting, and they apparently can't count. They didn't go over things with the caucus. They need to get it together, and fast.

The Tea Party is going to kill the GOP if they are not careful. Sticking to a particular dollar figure (the Tea Party refusal of the rest of the GOP budget in the private caucus) out of sheer stubborn demagoguery is silly.

Trying to take that huge dollar figure out of only 14-17% of our budget, attacking only the most necessary and helpful services (education, EPA, etc) while completely ignoring budget cuts in defense and entitlements is naive.

That type of thing may make you personally happy, but I doubt it will fly with the rest of America as they lose those services. We'll see.

Do you still need to be reminded THAT THE DEMS STILL CONTROL THE SENATE? My hoipe is when Nov gets here the voters send the Dems another message. If that happens im sure Obama will exercise his power of veto.

[Riot]

Originally Posted by Nascar1966

Do you still need to be reminded THAT THE DEMS STILL CONTROL THE SENATE? My hoipe is when Nov gets here the voters send the Dems another message. If that happens im sure Obama will exercise his power of veto.

I guess you need to be reminded that we're not talking about the Senate. We're talking about the House. All financial bills originate within the House. We are talking about what is happening within the House. That has nothing at all to do with the Senate. Yes, the Dems control the Senate.

[Nascar1966]

[quote=Riot;751648]I guess you need to be reminded that we're not talking about the Senate. We're talking about the House. All financial bills originate within the House. We are talking about what is happening within the House. That has nothing at all to do with the Senate. Yes, the Dems control the Senate.[/QUOTE

I guess all bills quit going through the Senate if it passes through the House?

[Riot]

Originally Posted by Nascar1966

I guess all bills quit going through the Senate if it passes through the House?

Nobody is talking about the legislative process. We are talking about how the House leadership is acting, what our Republican Representatives are doing in the House.

[Nascar1966]

Originally Posted by Riot

Nobody is talking about the legislative process. We are talking about how the House leadership is acting, what our Republican Representatives are doing in the House.

And your beloved Dems did any better. Spend Spend Spend!!!!!!!

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by dellinger63

This should make you feel better. "It's important to do what we said we were going to do," said Rep. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz. "The new plan will build upon a partial roster of cuts released Wednesday that targeted school aid, the Environmental Protection Agency and would kill off a high-speed rail program that Obama wants to significantly expand"

Now get out of the way and stop interferring. And if they continue on this pace they deserve a week vacation for every two worked. Dems should stay in DC and work in defiance.


http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-0...ding-cuts.html

no one deserves a week off after two weeks of 'work'. especially not members of congress, they barely 'work' as it is...

altho, one has to wonder if we might be better off with pols gone for longer periods.

[timmgirvan]

Originally Posted by Danzig

no one deserves a week off after two weeks of 'work'. especially not members of congress, they barely 'work' as it is...

altho, one has to wonder if we might be better off with pols gone for longer periods.

maybe they could find something useful to do.....

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by timmgirvan

maybe they could find something useful to do.....

maye they could do some yard work. leaves probably need raking, or maybe they need to shovel some snow. pick up litter...those would be useful.

[Nascar1966]

Originally Posted by timmgirvan

maybe they could find something useful to do.....

Maybe they can go golfing with Obama