Boehner, GOP Blame Senate Dems for Stalling Economic Recovery

Typical Repugnantcon crap… screw everyone and then blame it on the Democrats… take your ball and go home Boehner, you crybaby.

intelegent…how is everyone being screwed? Bills are piling up in the Senate where the obstructionist Democrat (Harry Reid) is bending over (still) for Obama. As the other post stated…if the bills are SO bad, take them up in the Senate and let them be voted down. Then we’ll know where the members of the Senate stand on these specific measures coming out of the House. Wouldn’t you agree it’s reasonable to expect bills passed by the House should be taken up for a vote in the Senate?

TMFERRETTI–”Three months ago the President and Boehner negotiated a 4 trillion dollar deficit reduction package. I t contained entitlement cuts and small revenue increases. Both sides got a little of what they wanted. Boehner couldn’t control his own republicans in the House and it fell through”– Umm first, it contained NO reductions in spending only reductions in INCREASES in spending over the next 10 years.. And the revenue increases were in fact small, but served NO purpose except to further stall a weak economy… I applaud those whether hey were republicans OR democrats (becase some were from both parties) who said this was NOT an acceptable agreement to accomplish what needed to be accomplished.. Boehner had the unenviable task of getting Obama to agree to something when NOTHING that Obama wa proposing was going to get past those who were elected to CONTROL taxes and spending in 2010.. Just look at the current Obama “Jobs Bill” they are breaking it down into little pieces and it STILL can’t pass a democratically controlled senate. Even if some repubs crossed the aisle, there are at leat 10 dems who will NOT vote for it in the senate.. Could it be that its the WRONG plan for America and Obama is clueless??? Sounds like it..

Everyone’s to blame, but Harry Reid has played the role of obstructionist, all this year.

I’ll take the White Houses and Boehner’s word for it. Boehner said he was glad the president agreed to entitlement cuts and the President said he got some small revenue increases. I blame Boehner for not having the guts to stand up to those newly elected tea party republicans. He could have had 4 trillion in cuts versus now fighting for 1.7 trillion.

Now we have this Stupid Committee that is putting us at risk for another downgrade and possibly trigger spending cuts that will put more Americans out of work.

I’m so tired of hearing republicans blame everyone but themselves for our economic predicament.
The U S can’t go backwards with the GOP idea of no government (Expecting big corporations to “do the right thing” is not going to happen)
Besides, pretty much everything Boehner says is either deceptive of an out and out lie.
The republican party of no is still the party of no. But it is REALLY the party of no intelligence.

rohnertpark1…DISASTER. That’s what would happen if the Dems got control of both Houses again. If you think we’re screwed now (financially), just wait until they pass out more gov’t crack to keep the brainwashed folks hooked for life. If you believe spending money we don’t have (in exchange for votes) is in the best interest of our nation’s long-term survival, you must have graduated from the same school of economics as our president. Ooops. Wait a second. Our president was a law professor. That explains a lot, doesn’t it?

Yeah this LIE will get the uninformed right and all other Republicans to repeat the lie every day but the MAJORITY of citizens in this Nation KNOW where the problem begins. Those sixteen BOGUS bill brought by the Republicans consist of Taking away PROTECTIVE REGULATIONS that ALways make Republicans happy since it lowers the cost to their beloved big business friends while many time CAUSING much DAMAGE to our environment and to our lives as far as safety goes. Trust a Republican??? NOT EVER FOR ME!

So what are the loonie libs afraid of?

Regardless of party affiliation, this administration added 5 trillion to the backs of our children and the last one added several trillion too. We need less Government and more personal responsibility at whatever the cost.Balanced budget within 5 years and cut Government employees 30-35% would be a good start.

demNme5 | November 2, 2011, 1:33 pm 1:33 pm …..”bogus bills”? You mean the legislation that was passed and sent to the senate where Harry Reid refuses to allow them to be debated? Bogus is Obama telling lies to the American people and others back him out of pure ideological reasons. The truth has no agenda.

Well John…….you really disgraced Ohio…..don’t come home the light is out. How about moving in with McCain and the dingbat in Arizona?

@ Mike Stewart – all that is easy to say, but what if those bailouts didn’t happen & no one had jobs right now because the economy collapsed? & while there should be less spending & ‘smaller’ government, let’s get rid of the waste, not medicare of SS like the GOP keeps threatening. Cut the dang pork & extra spending they lump into these bills. Make everything transparent & we will see the obvious problems. But you can’t just come up with cut 35% without thinking what you’re cutting, which is how this past year or two has gone. Something isn’t right, & oddly enough it is the right who are playing games while or cookie crumbles. bye bye 401k, wall street decided it was THEIR day.

APLUMB, love your statement about the GOP bullying and lies, so what do the democrats do, they are all saints and never lied about anything, they love poor people and love to tax the crap out of them, can’t tax the rich, democrats been bought and payed by them (Soros, Buffet, Kaiser)just to mention a few.

PKSK531–”While there may be more Democrats in the Senate, teh Republicans control it because all Mitch McConnell has done for the past three years is screm ” I have 41votes – filibuster!!!” “— You obvioulsy don’t know too much about how our govenment works do you? A filibuster is not a defeated measure through a partisan vote.. A filibuster is when one party does NOT allow a vote by holding the floor during deliberations and preventing a vote from being taken.. If a bill is voted on but is defeated then that is NOT a filibuster.. The intent of requiring a 60 vote majority was to prevent the majority party from passing votes without compromise.. IF a vote FAILS because NO one on the minority party is on board and voting yes.. that is simply a FAILED measure NOT a filibuster and that is HOW its SUPPOSED to work.. IF Reid wants a vote passed, he has to convince not only everyone in his own party to vote for it, but also some on the other side of the isle as well.. he can’t even get everyone in his OWN party to vote for the jobs bill.. much less anyone from the other side.. THAT IS NOT A FILIBUSTER.. It’s simply a bill that failed to pass.. by congressional rule… please get a clue.. Voting against a bill is NOT a filibuster.. is the way things are SUPPOSED to work..

TMFERRETTI–”I’ll take the White Houses and Boehner’s word for it. Boehner said he was glad the president agreed to entitlement cuts and the President said he got some small revenue increases. I blame Boehner for not having the guts to stand up to those newly elected tea party republicans. He could have had 4 trillion in cuts versus now fighting for 1.7 trillion.”– I could agree with your statement if not for one part.. The bill that came to Boehner AFTER his discussions with the presidnet had MASSIVE tax hikes added to it.. Yes, the original discussionwas for a 4 trillion dollar cuts but as it turned out, half the cuts were cuts to future increases in spending and not actual cuts to current spending and the “modest cuts” were anything BUT modest.. the presidents final proposal used tax hikes to bring in nearly a trillion dollars of the offset and then used the withdrawal of troops from Iraq as part of the “savings”…(in case you don’t get it – thats not a cut since war funding is OFF budget spending to begin with). So in affect the final bll that Boehner had to “sell” to the house was a bill that raised taxes by almost a trillion dollars, only cut future INCREASES in spending, and counted the proposed end of the wars in the middle east as “Spending cuts”.. If I were a politician who was voted into congres to STOP runaway spending, I would not have voted for the bill EITHER…

TMFERRETTI–”Every night on the news I see the President out there pitching jobs programs. The republicans say he’s campaigning, I say he’s trying to put America back to work.”— Really, what exactly is he “pitching”? What specific programs? He sent one bill to congress (after three years and once he made it back from his most recent vacation) that could not even garner 50 DEMOCRATIC votes toward final passage… since that time has he EVEN ONCE set down with congress to discuss a compromise on his bill or on any other? NO.. instead, he continues to “campaign” and continues to urge congress to PASS THIS BILL when it has already FAILED.. NO new ideas, no real jobs programs, no effort to work with congress to get anything passed, and NO NEW ideas to try instead.. I have news for you.. Coming up with ONE unsupported idea for a jobs bill that is nothing more than “failed stimulus jr” then blaming everyomne else for the bad ecomomy.. IS NOT “pitching jobs programs” and it is DEFINATELY NOT leading this nation as a president should…

DEMNME5—”Yes those bill ARE BOGUS!!! Most important in them is to DROP Federal Regulations which is BAD for the USA and needless to say – LOWER TAXES and LESS for those that have paid into SS, Medicare and Medicaid. ‘— Apparently you have not read them thooughly.. its true that several deal with EPA regulations, but ask any major business what the number one delayin start-up is and the answer is out of control EPA regulations… I don’t support allowing companies carte blanche when it comes to te environment, but neither do these bills — here are some examples..

H.R. 2587 would prohibit the National Labor Relations Board (NRLB) from ordering any employer to close, relocate, or transfer employment under any circumstance. — This bill will prevent the government from stalling or stopping employers from opening plants in right to work states..

H.R. 2433 would create or modify programs that provide employment and training services to veterans and service members separating from active duty. The bill would also make changes to programs that offer home loan guarantees, ambulance services, and pension payments to qualifying individuals. Among other things, the bill would provide up to 12 months of Veterans Retraining Assistance to no more than 100,000 unemployed veterans that enter education or training programs at community colleges or technical schools to prepare them for employment in an occupational field — Not sure exactly how THIS is a bogus bill but then I am not a democrat..

H.R. 2401 would require analyses of the cumulative and incremental impacts of certain rules and actions of the Environmental EPA. Specifically, the bill would require the President to establish the Committee for the Cumulative Analysis of Regulations that Impact Energy and Manufacturing. The Committee would be charged with analyzing and reporting on the cumulative and incremental impacts of covered rules and actions of the EPA concerning air, waste, water, and climate change. — This doesn’t impact the environment itself, but lets congress address the EPA issues that appear to be overburdensome and are killing jobs..

H.R. 1938 would direct the President, acting through the Secretary of Energy, to coordinate with all federal agencies responsible for an aspect of the President’s National Interest Determination and Presidential Permit decision regarding construction and operation of Keystone XL, to ensure that all necessary actions are taken on an expedited schedule. — thei will restart construction on a oil pipeline that will increase energy self sufficiency and prevent the loss of about 10,000 PERMANENT jobs..

H.R. 1315 would improve consumer protection and provides greater economic stability by allowing the Financial Stability Oversight Council to vote to set aside any harmful federal regulation.—- this controls the CPA leg of the federal government with appropriate checks nd balances

H.R. 2021 would eliminate needless permitting delays that have stalled important energy production opportunities off the coast of Alaska. The bill would also eliminate the permitting back-and-forth that occurs between the EPA and its Environmental Appeals Board. Rather than having exploration air permits repeatedly approved and rescinded by the agency and its review board, the EPA will be required to take final action – granting or denying a permit—within six months—-
this one doesn’t take any power away from the EPA , it just force thenm to do their job wihtin six months instead of stringing along businesses with harrassing regulations

H.R. 1231 would require that each five-year offshore oil and gas leasing program offer leasing in the areas with the most prospective oil and gas resources, and would establish a domestic oil and natural gas production goal. The bill would essentially lift the President’s ban on new offshore drilling by requiring the Administration to move forward on American energy production in areas estimated to contain the most oil and natural gas resources.— we have many untapped resourses in the gulf that can be SAFELY utilized and thousands of people waiting for the jobs that this would bring to the gulf..

H.R. 1230 would require the Department of the Interior (DOI) to auction offshore oil and gas leases in the Central and Western Gulf of Mexico, as well as in an area off the coast of Virginia. The bill would help to reduce energy prices and promote job creation by expediting offshore oil and natural gas exploration in the Gulf of Mexico and the Virginia coast. — More drilling, more energy independance and more jobs..

H.R. 1229 would direct the Secretary of the Interior to require that any lessee operating under an approved exploration plan obtain a permit before drilling any well, and obtain a new permit before drilling any well of a design that is significantly different than the design for which an existing permit was issued. The bill would prohibit the Secretary from issuing a permit without ensuring that the proposed drilling operations meet all critical safety system requirements (including blowout prevention), and oil spill response and containment requirements. — AND THIS LAST ONE IS VERY IMPORTANT because your argument was that the bills were about DEREGUALTION, yet this bill is designed to INCREASE teh safety and operation of domestic drilling that the bills above it would allow..

In OTHER words.. the bills are not just about deregulation, but they will create jobs and at least one of the bills is designed to IMPROVE regulation and safety when itcomes to domestic oil drilling..

YOUR argument is pretty weak.. and by the way…I found NOTHING in these bills that significantly reduced taxes (particularly on the wealthy) other than the 3% reduction in withholding taxes on vendors.. but I did find this..

H res 34 – The FY 2012 budget resolution passed by House Republicans promotes job creation and certainty by preventing the president’s job destroying tax increases and runaway spending.

Hummm.. a balanced budget resolution… novel idea.. but then Reid can’t evne passs his own budget much less agree to a house initiated Balanced budget…

In a way we are better off. People are starting to look where the problems are. That’s a good first step.

ARKIE VET

I get your point, however most of the bills and amendments you sited are de-regulation and do not directly create jobs. I’ll have to look thru them and see which ones I agree or disagree with.

Some late news. The senate GOP has blocked the infrastructure plans. Plans to rebuild the USA, plans to put people to work. The only plan the repugs have is to destroy the country and blame it on dems.

The repugs are not interested in the little folks like you and me. The repugs are still coddling the rich and businesses thinking that the trickle down theory is going to start working. It never has, why do they think so now? Bottom line, the repugs are not about jobs, they are about getting richer while placing a greater burden on you and me.

Please, tell me America, what have the republicans done to add jobs to America job rolls? America, are you really buying into the nonsense coming out of Boehner and Mitch mouths?

n the Kasich ad campaign in Ohio, his first paragraph highlights he has “created or saved, 35,000 jobs in Ohio”. He carefully sidesteps that he has lost 140,000 jobs. How very inventive, his statement is cleverly correct.

The Republicans and their cronies have orchestrated what they call “the big lie.” This theory states that no matter how big the lie is (or more precisely, because it’s so big), people will believe it if you repeat it enough. Everyone tells small lies, Republicans have reasoned, but few have the guts to tell colossal lies. Because a big lie is so unlikely, people will come to accept it. DON’T BELIEVE IT AMERICA!

Funny how some of you seem to forget that they had an agreement then the President changed the deal because of unions and afraid of loosing votes. He cares nothing about this country, just how he is going he is going to get reelected.

CYNDA P—”I am a pretty good judge of character and I think President Obama is really trying and doing the best that he possibly can in light of the deck being stacked against him. What he really should do is get tough with the GOP and toot his own horn on what he has accomplished. But that is not how he operates”— FUNNIEST thing I have read on here in days !!! Ummm… How was the “Deck stacked against him” if for the first two years he had supermajorites in both houses… he used those majorities to pass a healthcare bill that 65% of America WANTS TO SEE REPEALED… All he has DONE for the past two months is toot his own horn on the campaign trail.. URGING congress to pass a bill that does not have a prayer even in his own party… he can’t run on accomplishments since the only accomplishment that he has is the healthcare bill that a majority of Americans DO NOT SUPPORT… The only thing he can run on is republican obstruction.. which actually is WHAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE VOTED FOR in 2010…