‘Pass the Damn Thing!’: Boehner Unloads on Senate Democrats over Looming Government Shutdown
EmailABC News’ John R. Parkinson reports:
House Speaker John Boehner blew up at Senate Democrats this morning, calling on them to pass their own version of government funding bill so that negotiations on a different compromise bill could continue.
“The House has passed our bill and it’s been nearly 40 days and yet we’ve seen nothing pass the United States Senate,” Boehner, R-Ohio, said. “It’s time for Senate Democrats to act on a bill. We know that reducing spending will lead to a better environment for job creators to create jobs in America. We’ve done our job.”
“Now the Senate says, ‘we have a plan.’ Well, great! Pass the damn thing, all right?!” Boehner blasted. “And send it over here and let’s have real negotiations instead of sitting over there rooting for a government shutdown.”
Boehner told reporters that the Senate should pass its own bill to establish the level of cuts the Senate could muster and bring back to the bicameral negotiations.
Lawmakers have passed a series of stop-gap measures to keep the government running during negotiations. The most recent of those runs out April 9th.
In accusing Democrats of rooting for a shutdown, Boehner was referring to comments by former Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean that a government shutdown would benefit Democrats.
This morning’s press conference was the second by House Republicans in as many days to address the lack of developments in negotiations with Senate Democrats and the White House.
President Obama has threatened to veto the bill with more than $60 billion in cuts passed by House Republicans. But Boehner said he was unsure what level of spending cuts the President would sign.
“No,” Boehner answered. “No. No way. I have no clue.”
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor blamed Democrats for failing to pass spending bills during the last Congress, and also ripped the president for being “M.I.A.” on negotiations to fund the government.
Cantor told reporters that a new bill – “the Prevention of Government Shutdown Act” – would be on the floor for a vote Friday with the hope that the measure will, at a minimum, spur the Senate to pass some kind bill so genuine negotiations can move forward.
The bill, according to Cantor, would reiterate the April 9th deadline to come up with a long-term solution to fund the government for the rest of the year, but it would also mandate that if the two sides fail to come to terms on an agreement and the government actually shuts down for more than 24 hours, or if the federal debt limit is reached, Members of Congress and the president would not be paid.
“What this bill says is it reiterates again the deadline, and that the Senate should act before the deadline, and that’s what the American people are expecting. The bill then says if the Senate does not act, then H.R. 1 would be the law of the land. In addition to that, it says if all else fails and the Senate brings about a shutdown, then members should not get their pay,” Cantor, R-Va., said. “Perhaps that will prod the Senate into joining us into taking care of business here, which is to get our fiscal house in order so we don’t bring about a massive tax increase to keep financing the deficits and the debt that we’re incurring.”
Cantor said Republicans have “not had any indication that the Senate is interested in changing the status quo” and encouraged Congressional Democrats to work with the GOP on a deal.
“We’re serious. We want to take care of this problem so that we can get on about the business of this nation and get Americans back to work,” Cantor said. “There’s two options here: either you’re going to keep spending the way you are and you gotta raise taxes. So if that’s the case, show us your tax increase plan. If not, join us in cutting spending.”
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Pass the bill? Choke the turnips for more blood? Stand up Boehner, and try getting more money out of your half of the world, and “Bye the way! Stop telling people you represent Ohio, because all you represent in Ohio, are your rich friends, and their anti-abortion puppets, who you will step on, along with everyone else out of your financial status.
Posted by: parma hts gary | March 30, 2011, 12:23 pm 12:23 pm
The Dems didn’t pass a budget, period. All they know how to do is spend money we do not have. Dems are richer than the Republicans but they don’t seem to ever pay their taxes. It’s time common sense came back to our government and they go on a diet, now. If they don’t 2012 will be worse than 2010 elections.
Posted by: Freedom | March 30, 2011, 12:26 pm 12:26 pm
This is just another means of dividing and conquering the American people, and its clearly working….wake up folks….this kind of childish behavior should not be tolerated in ANY government or in any party….Americans should unite under the constitution and FIRE ALL of these idiots!
Posted by: Rick | March 30, 2011, 12:59 pm 12:59 pm
Well AL. You’ve go it all figured out and if your little simple world was real I guess we all would have it all figured out. This president has spent more than any president in history and you still rely on the gossip of the day for your answers. You never did learn how to do your homework. Try going back to school at Hillsdale College if they would have you and actually learn something.
Posted by: TGTree | March 30, 2011, 1:01 pm 1:01 pm
TGTree | Mar 30, 2011 1:01:01 PM
…..Hillsdale teaches people how to think, not what to think. Al may not be able to do that.
Posted by: deanbob | March 30, 2011, 1:04 pm 1:04 pm
Boehner hasn’t asked for any significant cuts. We are at a crossroad wondering just whom can we trust? Does anyone really care, or do they just want “nanny state” handouts to continue?
None of the proposed budget cuts amount to anything. With 41 cents on the federal dollar being borrowed nothing less than a 41% across the board cut would balance the budget.
But, listen up, balancing the budget is just the first step. How do we deal with the looming 14 trillion national debt? It would require more than 50 years to pay down if we were to pay the credit card minimum of 4% of the balance which would be 560 billion dollars per year.
If we look back at the last balanced budget we find that it was a lie as the national debt still grew. The debt grew because the budget failed to report off-budget expenditures of which social security, federal pension contributions and such were spent.
Now do we believe yet another crop of politicians who are squabbling over minor cuts which represent only window dressing on the problem? With congressional salaries averaging $173K why not cut the 41% of borrowed funds as a good faith measure. IOW the average cut in congressional salary would be $71K. While we are at it the federal workforce is the largest in US history so let’s apply the same cut across the board. Then we can move on to solve the problem that is sinking us into Obamaism!
Posted by: Ed Taylor | March 30, 2011, 1:06 pm 1:06 pm
the left has destroyed America. Our country can no longer be called america because it has become some bastardized version of our former country. We must now get used to the new reality where our standard of living greatly reduced.
Posted by: Brian | March 30, 2011, 1:11 pm 1:11 pm
Google “you fix the budget”, an interactive puzzle that allows you to see what budget cuts and tax close the budget gaps for both 2015 and 2030.
Cut foreign aid in half? That’s 17 Billion saved both long term and short term. Return the estate tax to Clinton-era levels? That’s $104 Billion saved by 2030.
Clearly, a mix of choices are required to fix the budget, not just slashing spending.
And Mr. Cantor: How EXACTLY will all these cuts “get Americans back to work”?
Posted by: green.goddess | March 30, 2011, 1:14 pm 1:14 pm
Since he doesn’t like the budget that has already passed the House, where is Harry Reid’s budget? For that matter, Harry/Nancy, what happened to last year’s budget?
Posted by: deanbob | March 30, 2011, 1:19 pm 1:19 pm
“”"How EXACTLY will all these cuts “get Americans back to work”? “”"”
Posted by: green.goddess
It wouldn’t. We can only hope the government can slash positions by attrition. Regardless, we need to slash spending and one easy way is to reduce the size of the government workforce,both Federal and State. Creating private sector jobs is completely seperate from cutting government spending. But, it seems to feed very well into your partisan bashing, so by all means….bash! LOL
Posted by: lfrichar | March 30, 2011, 1:36 pm 1:36 pm
oi
Posted by: secreg666 | March 30, 2011, 1:42 pm 1:42 pm
TGTREE–it must be nice to make random, non factual statements supporting your opinions.
Obama has not spent more money than any other American President. You are not even close to being accurate.
Minority-Rulers
Posted by: secreg666 | March 30, 2011, 1:46 pm 1:46 pm
ok LFRICHAR, much easier for you to blame it on someone isn’t it. Well let me blame you and your nastiness. You are apparently not a true American because Americans think outside of the box. You better learn to pray and pray hard that the strategy initiated to help oppressed in the wealthy country of Iraq might lead to friends of America in that part of the globe. Try studying the Hamid sp? The Islamic faction that follows that extra text and see learn what is unifying and what they believe (the extremist faction of Islam) Google even translates Arabic so you can read it in their own words. Read the history of Syria. The news is not going to spell it out for you, they like you thinking just as you do. You are playing the game rather well.
Posted by: TGTree | March 30, 2011, 1:54 pm 1:54 pm
Mandatory drug testing caslled for by Florida’s governor, Scott. Every three months all Floridian state workers must take drug tests.
Is this more government, or less government?
Is this a deficit busting bill/law?
Or does it increase the deficit?
Minority-Rulers
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Posted by: secreg666 | March 30, 2011, 1:56 pm 1:56 pm
lfrichar | Mar 30, 2011 1:36:30 PM posted: “We need to slash spending and one easy way is to reduce the size of the government workforce, both Federal and State.”
Great idea! More unemployment will create employment. Ayn Rand fantasy land.
When Cantor says “We want to take care of this problem so that we can get on about the business of this nation and get Americans back to work”, just EXACTLY how does he plan for that to happen? Drown government in the bathtub, add more unemployment, continue Bush era tax cuts, and slash regulations to quickly return Americans back to work?
Keep in mind that during the Laissez-faire eight years under GW Bush, our economy created only three million new jobs, and that was during the housing boom! EIGHT YEARS = three million new jobs?
Sorry, waiting for the magic invisible hand ain’t enough to return our country back to stronger employment levels. It’s going to take a LONG time, even with a combination of budget cuts, tax changes reverting to Clinton era levels, and more R & D investment.
Posted by: green.goddess | March 30, 2011, 2:01 pm 2:01 pm
The Democrats’s credit cards need to be revoked! Spending is out of control!
Posted by: Voice_Reason | March 30, 2011, 2:02 pm 2:02 pm
secreg666, this president and his administration have run the debt up higher than ever, whatever you want to call it. you get hung up on something and can’t get yourself to the priority. The dems didn’t even pass a budget last year. Don’t you get what that means. They have your checkbook and they are going to do whatever they want. The plan since in office for this Pres has been to spend as much as he wants on everything he and Bill Ayers think should happen, regardless of any one else that might have a good idea. Everyone that follows will be trying to fix what he has done. As far as Iraq. We better pray that we do have friends in the oppressed people there whom we liberated because the uniting Islam will be following the belief in the 12th imam and the news isn’t telling us what that means.
Posted by: TGTree | March 30, 2011, 2:12 pm 2:12 pm
VOICE_REASONThe WRITES;
Democrats’s credit cards need to be revoked! Spending is out of control!
VOICE, when did you discover America’s
spending was out of control?
Minority-Rulers
Posted by: secreg666 | March 30, 2011, 2:14 pm 2:14 pm
Yep the “dog” (the GOP) is being wagged by the “tail” (the Party’s extremes)..LOL…Looks good on them for pandering to and creating them in the first place. You can physically see (and hear) the stress on Boehner. LOL…LOL…Couldn’t happen to a ‘nicer” guy.
Posted by: CND FOX | March 30, 2011, 2:20 pm 2:20 pm
For secreg666 who stated that Obama has not spent more than any other President. He is right. In the first 19 months of the Obama administration, the federal debt held by the public increased by $2.5260 trillion, which is more than the cumulative total of the national debt held by the public that was amassed by ALL U.S. presidents from George Washington through Ronald Reagan. Quite an accomplishment and the reason we are in this mess now. And on a side note, Obama keeps firing those 1 million dollar each missiles in Libya and supporting the al Queda rebels who are trying to take over.
Posted by: John | March 30, 2011, 2:25 pm 2:25 pm
Did Obama spend more money than all the presidents of the US combined?
In: Barack Obama, George H. W. Bush
No. But in less than two years he has doubled the federal deficit, accumulating as much debt as all preceding administrations combined.
Here is your fact! SECREG666. AND IN ALL OF MY PERSONAL BUDGETING EXPERIENCE. SPENDING MORE NEVER SOLVED ANY OF MY FINANCIAL PROBLEMS.
Posted by: TGTree | March 30, 2011, 2:27 pm 2:27 pm
GE reported worldwide profits of $14.2 billion; $5.1 billion of the total came from its operations in the United States. So how much did it contribute in taxes to the US. NOTHING. ZERO.
Instead, we the taxpayers gave G.E. a tax benefit of $3.2 billion!
If we think continuing tax advantages for massive Corporations like GE will create jobs in the US making light bulbs or dishwashers, we are WRONG.
Their consumer appliance division accounts for less than 6% of revenue. GE has moved most manufacturing out of the country and morphed into an unregulated lender; GE Capital provides more than half of the company’s profit, squeezing whatever pennies it can out of Middle Class Americans.
Given that President Obama has appointed General Electric’s CEO to help chart our nation’s economic future, it is a safe bet that unless US citizens demand tax changes, our future won’t be focused on rebuilding Family Wage jobs here at home.
Posted by: green.goddess | March 30, 2011, 2:28 pm 2:28 pm
Hopefully the Tea Party true Patriots here in DC tomorrow will send that message about lowering the debt and cutting spending. I do not want to spend $10.00 for gas and milk if we do not. Inflation is just around the corner.
Posted by: John | March 30, 2011, 2:38 pm 2:38 pm
John …and how do you KNOW that (that inflation is just around the corner). Seems to me that after looking at your 2:25 and 2:38 posts the only thing you KNOW how to do properly is misrepresent facts and fear monger. Two “excellent” traits of those of the “tea party movement”. That “movement” will be more of the “problem than the answer”…just watch.
Posted by: CND FOX | March 30, 2011, 2:46 pm 2:46 pm
fEAR MONGER CNDFOX. you really don’t get that you can sit back and call it that because a whole lot of Americans have died fighting to give you that kind of security. becaue you do not accept the danger many like you are driving us to the edge of the cliff so you hang there and stair over the edge. I don’t care to jump off with you. just watch!
Posted by: TGTree | March 30, 2011, 3:00 pm 3:00 pm
The lap dogs are George S. and Company for pandering to the Dems. If they say Jump, George always is ready to ask how High
Posted by: Jay | March 30, 2011, 3:41 pm 3:41 pm
NEXT TGT WRITES; in your whatever you want to call it. you get hung up on something and can’t get yourself to the priority. STOP RIGHT HERE; What do you mean? Please explain.
It is not unusual for the house and senate to address the budget as it comes statutorally closer to its due date. TREEGT-DO YOU DISAGREE?
Look at the Clinton years. The most prosperous years our country has experienced in decades.
TGT WRITES: the dems didn’t even pass a budget last year. ASKED AND ANSWERED; TGTWRITES: Don’t you get what that means. They have your checkbook and they are going to do whatever they want. The plan since in office for this Pres has been to spend as much as he wants on everything he and Bill Ayers think should happen, regardless of any one else that might have a good idea. Everyone that follows will be trying to fix what he has done. As far as Iraq. We better pray that we do have friends in the oppressed people there whom we liberated because the uniting Islam will be following the belief in the 12th imam and the news isn’t telling us what that means.
TREE PLEASE STOP!! Apparently you have formulated your own self confirming opinions and will not let facts get in the way.
Minority_Rulers
Posted by: secreg666 | March 30, 2011, 4:03 pm 4:03 pm
TREETG WRITES:this president and his administration have run the debt up higher than ever::STOP HERE, you are right. Not the same language you used in your prior posting, are you conscience of the difference between fact and opinion ?
As an example, yesterday , 1/2 term former Gov. of Alaska, Sarah Palin was on FOX news, telling the interviewer, and the millions of FOX viewers, that the Libya action is costing US tax payers 600 billion dollars a day.
The fact is it costs 55-60 million a day. TO be continued
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Posted by: secreg666 | March 30, 2011, 4:04 pm 4:04 pm
An important topic that has been left out of this. What about all those hard working, self sacraficing Americans this ACTUALLY effects. In the last government shut down, and presumably in this one, the military, border patrol, and customs agents who risk their lives every day will now not get paid for an unknown period of time. So, thanks politicians for supporting our troops. You sent them overseas to get shot at everyday… and now they have to worry about their families back home putting food on the table.
Posted by: Soldierswife | March 30, 2011, 4:45 pm 4:45 pm
secreg666. While you are busy picking Sarah Palin a part the cost is still running up every day in Libya. So many ways of saying things as you said yet you want to find a way that you can criticize. I did post the fact about the exact manner in which the debt has been run up by Obama and you overlooked that comment but have focused on the others which you found flawed. I am one of millions in this country who run this country with you. I also have 2 sons who would die for your freedom. you think that freedom is to use to tear down your fellow Americans rather than know that you are obligated to compromise with those you dissagree with and find the middle road. Oh but you believ in Minority Rules like Saddham Hussein and the Syrian leader. And you also ignore my comments about the Hamid text and the truth about the faction that exists in the Theocratic rule of the Middle East. I am informed but my brain can only hold so many specifics when I am working to grasp the broad spectrum of cultural history. I can tell you this. If this country is altered by socialist interests.and freedom is lost. It will be iconic in the hearts of Men and there will be constant strife in order to regain its founding principals. You choose to work with others now or push for the greater friction.
Posted by: TGTree | March 30, 2011, 4:52 pm 4:52 pm
The government doesn’t actually shut down…just “non essential” services…If they are “non essential” why are we paying for them in the first place…They can start cutting expenses there and then go to the rest of the bloated payroll and duplicate services..
Posted by: Jane | March 30, 2011, 5:00 pm 5:00 pm
This is baloney. Boehner knows the Senate Dem. position quite well. It went along to give the rich a continued tax cut, which Obama reluctantly signed.
Does Boeher think that the Dems will accept many of the bills aimed at cutting womens rights, destroying various social and human service programs, eliminate the EPA, FCC,Ed. etc. Boehner can’t get his own house in order. So he seeks to make Reid and
Durbin, scapegoats on every issue that coomes up. Some in the House still insist Obama is not an American. When has he spoken out against this myth.
Posted by: alan kardoff | March 30, 2011, 5:04 pm 5:04 pm
Well, Boehner, guess you see how it was back before you were speaker & just a member of the “party of no”. I would say you are getting a taste of you own medicine.
On the other hand, I think Boehner is trying to negoiate but the Tea Party won’t let him. It’s sad that, as someone else said, “the tail is wagging the dog”. I think the US would be thrilled if the GOP & Dems could negoiate things out & the Tea Party was left out … hopefully way out … so far out that they go away. The Tea Party does not know what is best for this country … they are playing.
Posted by: Linda | March 30, 2011, 5:10 pm 5:10 pm
These righties make it sound like Obama incurred all of this debt all by himself–what a crock! These spending cuts the Replicans are pushing are just going to hurt innocent working Americans and do very little to solve the bigger problem.
Government employees are not the problem. We are just regular Americans that applied for a good and available job and was hired – just like anyone else would do. Please stop demonizing us!
Posted by: Deborah | March 30, 2011, 5:11 pm 5:11 pm
Given the blustering swagger with which the Republican party has annointed itself with, Rep. Boehner’s outburst should hardly come as a surprise.
Isn’t a pity that many Americans seem to have forgotten which party led us into the two wars – without the supposed justification hearalded at the outset (Weapons of Mass Destruction), that are bankrupting our nation? And isn’t amazing how many Americans have forgotten whose ruinous tax breaks for the wealthiest citizens crippled our government? Perhaps one day soon Americans will awaken to the scary reality that the fringe elements of the Republican party – which have now become its “mainstream” will ruin our economy while profiting a few.
Isn’t it time ALL our elected officials were Americans first? Democrats and Republicans alike need to take that to heart. If they did, and if both sides would make the truly difficult choices that need to be addressed – that is to say LEAD -, then our woes would quickly fade.
Posted by: Ken | March 30, 2011, 5:27 pm 5:27 pm
Bank of America, Exxon, etc PAY your fair share of taxes. Stop sending American dollars to foreign soil. Stop paying for illegal immigrants healthcare that use ER’s as primary care physician’s. You’ll have plenty of money to go around. And all politician’s GROW UP. Act like adults instead of five year year old’s in a sandbox.
Posted by: litha | March 30, 2011, 6:00 pm 6:00 pm
To be more accurate all government credit cards must be revoked!! No one party has is without blame for “out of control spending”!! An immediate cease-and-desist order should be applied for all government non-essential spending! (That is the definition of shutting the government down) Spending should be turned back on only after a 10% across the board cuts are negotiated in all labor and government contracts!!
Posted by: Voice_Reason | March 30, 2011, 6:38 pm 6:38 pm
What about jobs? The Republicans have been playing the “job card” for such a long time that it has gone from tragedy, to comedy and not rests securely in the realm of farce. The Republicans want to show that the Democrates are responsible for the lack of job creation by holding up a piece of paper that would free the hands of big business to hire more “Americans”. When HP hires IT personal in India are they held back from hiring Americans? When GM in in every major country around the world, are they prevented from hiring more Americans? When Ronald Reagan said that American Workers should face the New world reality and become more competitive with cheap labor overseas, is that hiring more American Workers? The fortune 500 companies are global enterprises that hire and fire on a global scale, that is the New World Order. Workers in America are no different than workers in India, South Africa, Australia, China, and Mexico for they ofter work for the same company; GM, Ford, IBM, Bethleheem Steel, etc…… . If US big business really wanted to hire more Americans they would have done it thirty years ago instead of running off the countries likes Mexico. If workers want the companies to hire more Americans, then the unions should go where these same companies have run away to and unionize those workers.
An injury to one is an injury to us all.
Posted by: kristi276 | March 30, 2011, 6:48 pm 6:48 pm
Good for the Democrats! They are finally learning to play like Republicans. Don’t pass a thing until Republicans send a bill that does not put all the cuts on programs important to the working class while refuses new sources of funds. Right taxes!
Posted by: William Stickney | March 30, 2011, 7:23 pm 7:23 pm
why can’t these politians start cutting their pay . I know that would save this county a ton of money.. it is a shame that we can’t have their health care..the little guy always gets the shaft
Posted by: maggie Omalley | March 30, 2011, 7:33 pm 7:33 pm
The Democrats are stalling, all they know is spending. Obama has spent more in his short term than Bush did in ALL EIGHT YEARS! They can’t even balance a budget, lagging a year behind!! The CBO has come out and said that Obama has UNDERESTIMATED future budget deficits by a SHOCKING $2.3 TRILLION! They believe that the years ahead the interest we will have to pay on our debt will be OVER A TRILLION ANNUALY!! 64 senators signed a letter to Obama demanding that he must get the deficit under control, and 32 of the senators were DEMOCRATS!! Tells you something!!!
Posted by: TXAR.55 | March 30, 2011, 7:51 pm 7:51 pm
I don’t blame Boehner, get that idiot Obama out of there and take Reid and Pelosi with him before we all will be drawing WELFARE AND FOOD STAMPS!!! Paul Ryan is coming out with a GOOD SENISBLE BUDGET for 2012 ! We need fresh new blood in there and we can get it in 2012!!!
Posted by: TXAR.55 | March 30, 2011, 7:56 pm 7:56 pm
If your in the top 400 families in America, vote Republican.
If your in the majority with the rest of us, vote Democratic!
Problem solved!
end suffering…
Posted by: michael | March 30, 2011, 8:37 pm 8:37 pm
Hey Dems, pass the damn thing so the repubs can blame you and you can take them off the hook. Give me a break!!!!Repubs go back to the trash in ’12. Can’t come soon enough.
Posted by: pamp205 | March 30, 2011, 8:37 pm 8:37 pm
Man, unbelievable. The richest are liberals. Some of them believe in destabilizing the US and dragging us Most who just watch abc news-unwittingly into global communism. Go take the money from the top 400, that might save all of us Conservatives!As for humanitarian tax projects, they are abused, bloated, and costly. The people who want them cut actually give to charity, and do service work for the needy, hello. The tea party whose members many who watch abc, obviously, do not know personally believe in values such as thrift and charity. Those who want the government to take responsibility for the needy are ignoring the fact that most of those they condemn get out and take care of the needy themselves. The tax records show that Christian conservatives give more than any group other than African American Christian Liberals. I don’t think those African Americans know that all of the whities they are on board with are a bunch of stingy goody too-shoos. Nancy Pelosi nor Harry Reid wouldn’t be able to handle a soup kitchen. They would rather have the IRS just take it out of their paycheck.
Posted by: TGTREE | March 30, 2011, 9:07 pm 9:07 pm
It’s obvious the billionaire Koch brothers, founders and contributors of the Tea Party, are putting the pressure on Boehner. The stress since Boehner has become House Speaker is really showing on him.
It would be nice if instead of cutting programs that benefit the aged, disabled and most vulnerable people, the Administration and Congress had the guts to tax the most wealthy, who won’t be happy till they pay absolutely no taxes.
Posted by: findlayway | March 30, 2011, 11:03 pm 11:03 pm
Republican inflation is here check the pump and the fact that they speculate on oil shares the big thing is this those that buy oil and fuel should have to store it personally and that inconvience in a literal exchange will end lots of the price increases that are popping up when its just contracts trading hands then its an easy way to inflate the prices artifically …
Posted by: Kent R | March 30, 2011, 11:16 pm 11:16 pm
RE: “We know that reducing spending will lead to a better environment for job creators to create jobs in America. We’ve done our job.” === Total BS
This is what we’ve come to: Elected Republicans speaking lies as if they were truth and then demanding action to enact those lies. If anyone doesn’t understand that this country is in the hands of right wing frauds and criminals, then the End will come as quite a surprise to them.
John Boehner should be arrested for treason, tried, convicted and executed publicly as a lesson to the rest of the Republican Plutocrat Crooks. Arrest John Boehner!
Posted by: TruthNJustice | March 31, 2011, 1:56 am 1:56 am
These Washington politicians will still be arguing over the budget when China comes over to take over our government because of non payment on the debt. Neither side is serious about the debt and political gamesmanship is all they seem to care about. PATHETIC!
Posted by: delind | March 31, 2011, 7:39 am 7:39 am
Perhaps Boehner should have gotten upset at Cantor, who seems to have forgotten how a bill becomes law! He said “…if the Senate does not act then, HR1 would be the law of the land.” ????
How come one of the reporters there called him on that?
These guys who keep referring to the Constitution should have been paying more attention when they read it in January.
Posted by: Maria | March 31, 2011, 9:53 am 9:53 am
Sorry – I meant to say
‘How come NONE of the reporters there called him on that?’
Posted by: Maria | March 31, 2011, 9:53 am 9:53 am
Seems like the tea party people are geting salaries for doing nothing. Hmm, are they returning our money to us?? If they really wanted to fix the system here is what I would do. Keep the number of reps per state based on population, but have them all run on a state wide basis. It would still allow for the constitutional requirement that their are so many reps per so many thousands of constituents, but get away from so skewed demographics, that each side just plays to their base in their narrow district. Hence why it is so hard to unseat an encumbant. So if your state allows 12 reps, have them run on a state wide race, and if your population goes down, then decrease the number to 11, and so on.
Posted by: MiketheElectrician | March 31, 2011, 1:13 pm 1:13 pm
I checked out the evil Koch Brothers. Charles Koch is no 1 on a list of 50 top givers. He is a believer in conservative principle and gives most generously to various charities and institutions. proving the point that most who want the budget reduced and most tea party people believe that the hundreds of bloated exploited government programs are inaffective and those people often give large donations to charity and believe in helping people in their commuity to succeed. The haters need to put their money where their mouth is. that’s why we get a tax break on charity in this country, our gov is founded on the principal that we do it ourselves. Great black men involved in the founding of our government like Frederick Douglass understood this and the Black Republican Party that existed and supported Abraham Lincoln which is so often treated badly by its own community. All of us need to accept one another in this country before we destroy ourselves. Those who refuse to insist upont a helpful community church and go to one are hateful to those who do. Many of us do not want to live with such hostility and care for our fellow man without being pressured by the IRS. And many of us function interracially and without hostility, helping one another and reaching out to those in need.
Posted by: TGTree | March 31, 2011, 1:58 pm 1:58 pm
The wealthy are the only ones that pay taxes and don’t get a return. They also pay half of the taxes for all of their employees!!! Guess if you never had employees you wouldn’t know about that. Gets pretty expensive and very complicated!
Posted by: TGTree | March 31, 2011, 2:02 pm 2:02 pm
Tell John Boehmer to cry maybe that will help him or take his monies away during the shutdown or his way to take care of his family and or his mistress He is such a creep and shows prejudice toward pres obama
Posted by: sharon | April 1, 2011, 8:17 am 8:17 am
Fiscal Sanity Please! Republicans continue to want to slash spending for domestic programs that help average Americans but there is a much easier route. Trimming Washington’s yearly deficit would be a snap if Congress simply curtailed the gigantic U.S. military machine, which dwarfs all others on earth. America is the most militaristic nation on earth, with an annual budget estimated as high as $1.4 trillion, counting all veteran care and interest on past military spending done with borrowed money. If the GOP are serious about curbing debt, they should start whacking the biggest burden on taxpayers, the monstrous $1.4 trillion military cost.
Posted by: T Trump | April 1, 2011, 10:41 am 10:41 am
OK T Trump. And when we trim that cost and step down by choice and are no longer the strongest military force in the world, who do you propose we pass that baton to? Who do you think countries like Thailand, Georgia, and others that trust in us to help keep them from being slaughtered by their slaughter happy neighbors would hope you might propose for that role?
Posted by: MTea | April 1, 2011, 3:44 pm 3:44 pm
I agree. If they can’t sign a budget and let the gov’t shut down they should not be paid for the week, not just a day. Maybe a week for each day?
Posted by: KYM | April 2, 2011, 10:45 pm 10:45 pm
Boehner and all the other Republicans continue to operate from the fallacy that Republicans have brainwashed themselve into believing since Regan: More money to the rich, in forms of taxes and anything else, will create jobs and help the middle class and the poor. They want to slash programs that actually do help children, the elderly and working people. While believing that somehow it is supposed to make the rich create jobs and opportunies for people other than themselves.
I am not sure how that is supposed to work – maybe the rich will feel guilty about having so much, and decide to share the blessing. All I do know is that is has never worked. Rich people do not get rich by giving away money; them hoard and amass it. We have seen CEO give out big bonuses to people who fail miserably at their job. Talk about an ‘entitlement mentality’!
So instead of saying ‘Pass the Damn thing’ maybe Boehner and his fellow Republicans need to for just once remember their humble roots and start working for the 98% of the people instead of the top 2%. If cutting spending was their top priority, they would not have extended the tax cut. The deficit will not be decreased by cutting spending alone, we need revenue like taxes on big corporations and the wealthy.
Posted by: lwba | April 4, 2011, 1:01 pm 1:01 pm