Comments on: Shutdown Averted Over Spending Bill, House Passes $1TR Spending Bill

By: deanbob

deanbob — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 14:57:12 +0000

Once again the Senate is the roadblock. And Harry Reid sent them home for ONE MONTH ???? Why couldn’t they pass a 1 year deal? How many working people get 1 month off for the Christmas holidays?

By: Blaster man

Blaster man — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 22:45:25 +0000

Most federal agencies received about a 2% budget cut in this bill. The military of course got a budget increase. Why that is when we are drawing down our wars, I have no idea. If they hope to make any kind of real dent in the budget deficit there will have to be social security, Medicare, and military cuts along with a roll back of ALL the bush tax cuts (not just those for the wealthy).

By: MnNice

MnNice — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 22:00:40 +0000

The fact that work is continuing on a CR means this is not a done deal. I don’t trust Harry Reid not to try to muck things up in the last hour before the Senate vote and if the Senate makes any changes it still has to go back to the House. This is political posturing on both sides but mainly to make Democrats and the President look good. They had the most to loose for linking the Omnibus bill to the payroll tax cuts and extended unemployment compensation resulting in a possible shutdown. Also, people are beginning to see that the change in direction by the State Department on the approval of the Keystone XL pipeline (the State Dept had initially approved it) and Obama’s insistence that it wait until after the elections is fooling no one. By forcing Obama’s hand in deciding in the next 60 days he risks angering two key constituent groups at a time when his approval numbers are sinking. If he says yes he angers the environmental left and if he says no he angers the unions. I truly don’t think Reid will allow that to happen so I don’t see this as anything but posturing on the parts of the Democrats while they strategize on a way to turn this on the GOP.

By: TeaPartyNation

TeaPartyNation — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 21:27:26 +0000

Shutdown Averted…and the GOOD news is?

By: Searambler

Searambler — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 21:20:05 +0000

Too bad. A government shutdown actually needed to happen, to show how Obama blocks everything in Congress, through Reid, in the Senate. Posted by: Rick McDaniel | December 16, 2011, 4:06 pm.

LOL! You sound just like Newt a few years ago, when he said that the Bush administration’s anti-terrorism policies were working so well, no one thinks about terrorism anymore. So, he said, ‘it would be kind of a good thing if one terrorist slipped through and succeeded. So we would, ya know, remember that terrorism is out there and, ya know, be alert………’

By: Rick McDaniel

Rick McDaniel — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 21:06:50 +0000

Too bad. A government shutdown actually needed to happen, to show how Obama blocks everything in Congress, through Reid, in the Senate.

The public is deceived about Obama, because all of the liberal biased media, like ABC, NBC, and CNN, basically manipulate the real news to make everything favor Obama.

By: terence

terence — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 20:00:55 +0000

I am by no means politically loyal to any one party but choose to vote with the country’s best interest. The republican party has really cancelled any hope of receiving my vote. Failure to raise taxes on the wealthy when they are willing to accept tax increases back to the clinton era. Reduce government spending in the middle of two wars and a bad economy due to the lack of government enforcement of the regulations. we correct the situation by laying off my people and cutting benefits. Sounds like a recipe for diaster not recovery. The economy will only recover once the government realize that we have to put more money into the majority of the people hands so that they can start spending to cause the industries to start producing.

By: newcountryman

newcountryman — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 19:46:41 +0000

If shutting down the government meant their congressional pay would stop, I’d be OK with it. Unfortunately, that probably is not how it would work.

By: rohnertpark1

rohnertpark1 — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:54:16 +0000

This is not such good news. Nothing has really been resolved. Avoiding raising taxes on the wealthy and making some real changes in this country’s health care system will have to wait until the 2012 election is over. The fact that doctors can continue to gouge senior citizens for medical care through Medicare is an abomination. The fact that private insurance companies can pick and chose who they will insure with no regard for real health care needs is ludicrous. The complete lack of cooperation and comprise of the two major political parties in this country is an embarrassment.

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:23:49 +0000

I take no comfort that US citizens can now legally be disappeared in their own country.