The Senate on Thursday voted 40-59 to reject Congressman Paul Ryan’s 2014 budget.
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The Ryan budget, titled “The Path To Prosperity: A Responsible Balanced Budget,” promises to balance the budget in 10 years through lower taxes, a repeal of The Affordable Care Act, and a drastic reduction in the rate of government spending.
Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray (D-Wash.) used an amendment (S.Amdt. 433 to S.Con.Res. 8) to bring the GOP budget to a vote. Unsurprisingly, all 53 Democrat senators voted against it. They were joined by two Independent and five Republican “nays.”
“Enough is enough. Republicans received a vote on their extreme proposal; now that it has failed once more, it’s time for Republicans to work with Democrats to enact a budget that reflects our values of fairness and opportunity for all,” House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said after the votes were counted.
Here are the five Republican senators who voted against the GOP’s 2014 budget proposal:
5. Sen. Susan Collins (Maine)
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4. Sen. Dean Heller (Nev.)
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3. Sen. Mike Lee (Utah)
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2. Sen. Rand Paul (Ky.)
1. Sen. Ted Cruz (Texas)
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“Senator Cruz sees the Ryan budget as a strong step in the right direction, and far, far superior to the Democrats’ tax-and-spend budget, but he thinks it doesn’t go far enough,” the senator’s office said in a statement obtained by TheBlaze.
“In order to restore economic growth–currently mired at 0.1% last quarter–we should be lowering tax rates, but the Ryan plan retains Obamacare’s taxes, as well as this year’s tax increases on income and capital. We should repeal Obamacare in its entirety, and we should reduce wasteful spending and balance the budget at a more rapid pace to solve our grave fiscal and economic challenges,” the statement adds.
Here’s a breakdown of how the Senate voted on the Ryan budget:
And here’s the one senator who missed the vote:
Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.). Getty Images.
The offices of Sens. Collins, Heller, Lee, and Paul did not immediately respond to TheBlaze’s request for comment. We will update this article with their responses as they become available.
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spirited
Mar. 23, 2013 at 12:44pmWhen Obama said he was going to go “line item by line item”,
~> he must have been talking about lines like, “Yes We Can”..
Congress needs to present simple and concise Bills that do away with futal progams & departments within angencies…. (or whatever the correct terminologies and sequences are) .
They need to present real numbers and name names of:
specific programs,
their sponsors; elected officials and the special interest groups & its members involved,
the costs comparred to the number of citizens benefitted,
who personally benefits/benefitted; elected officials & special interest groups & members involved.
~>Republican or Democrat, they need to take a hit.
The only argument would of course be job loses and the impact to citizens.
It would however, put the burden of proof on those who want to keep things as they are; spend & tax & spend tax & spend & tax.; and expose the actual waste & corruption in general.
It would readily and easily explain exactly what ‘special interests’ & bureaucracy really means to the average citizen.
The deals and the dollars in specific towns, cities & states; the big games gaming us all.
Also,
it would change the bogus-focus
of
guns, gay marriage and global warming.
to
what our elected officials have been
are doing
not doing
should be doing.
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Lougjr1
Mar. 24, 2013 at 2:54pmThanks for telling it like it is without being freaked out by Political correctness in today’s Socialist society, The educated idiots haven’t been able to think for themselves since they’ve been taught by
The Marxist brothers !!
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LETSBEABOUTIT
Mar. 23, 2013 at 11:48amI think it is important to stand on principles. The vote was clearly split on party lines. While I think it’s great that these 5 folks made a statement for an even more conservative effort you have to know that they only did it because there was never any possibility that they would have the votes to pass the budget. Even if they could have convinced the 2 independent democrats to vote for it they still wouldn’t have had the votes. I just pray that if there had been the possibility of the bill passing that these 5 would have voted for it rather than be the cause of it’s failure.
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ssimonds1
Mar. 23, 2013 at 11:15amAdd your comments
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AUsername
Mar. 23, 2013 at 11:45amPaul Ryans budget is a joke and gets the country nowhere on the debt. Paul Ryan is a Keynesian.
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drkmagneto
Mar. 23, 2013 at 5:12pmAUsername How can you criticize a budget that does what needs to be done?? Do you want to end up like Greece, Cyprus, Spain, or Ireland? I don’t. The “tax and spend liberals” we have in Washington don’t get it and probably never will. If we can balance the budget in 10 yrs, why not? Saying Ryan’s budget is a joke shows just how ill-informed you really are. You may now resume placing your head back into the sand.
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drkmagneto
Mar. 23, 2013 at 5:14pmAUsername Incidentally, if you knew anything about economics, and you obviously don’t, you’d know that Paul Ryan does not follow the teachings of a mentally deluded limey whose policies have failed every time they’ve been implemented. Learn before thou speaketh next time!
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LostInTheSpin
Mar. 24, 2013 at 3:55amYeah, Drkmagneto, because if we use Paul Ryans plan, that will keep us on a sustainable path! Speaking of diluded, you probably believe that the “spending cuts” are actual spending cuts, huh? LMMFAO!!
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drkmagneto
Mar. 25, 2013 at 4:36pmLOSTINTHESPIN Well now, how could respond to such a witty and somewhat educated comment like that. First off, it’s spelled “deluded” no “diluded”. Second, since your spelling is suspect, I also believe your economic pedigree is as well. So, that being said, let me try to “broaden” your horizons.
Anybody, on either side of the aisle, that believes we can continue on our current trajectory towards over $20 trillion in debt and believe it is sustainable is “DELUDED”, “MORALLY BANKRUPT”, AND JUST PLAIN “RETARDED”. This country takes in over $2 trillion dollars a year. Barry Soetoro wants to spend(like a lot of presidents before him) way more money than we take in, something on the order of $3.2 trillion. To do this, he must, as he stated during the 2008 campaign, “take out a credit card from the Bank of China, in the names of our kids and grandkids” He went on to say that running up $5 trillion dollars in 8(eight) yrs was “unpatriotic”. So, what would he be, running up $6 trillion in about 4(FOUR) years?? I digress. We need some serious entitlement reform(medicare, welfare, food stamps, etc.), something the president is not very keen on since these programs help most of his supporters. Is Paul Ryan’s budget perfect? No, but if it could balance the budget in 10 yrs, why not?? We also cannot balance the budget on the backs of those pesky rich people. See the video “Eat the Rich” by Bill Whittle on Youtube. You might learn something.
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Grand design
Mar. 23, 2013 at 10:59amSo much for the Republicans standing together! Was the Democrat budget proposal that much better?
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shasta
Mar. 23, 2013 at 9:53amIf “My ” Senator Mike Lee (r) Ut, voted against it, TRUST me, there must be a good reason. Lee is more Tea Party than the Tea party is. Please let me investigate his reasoning on the vote and make another post before you BASH him. If he deserves it…..Then by all means… BASH away. But I believe he held to our beliefs on this vote for certain Constitutional reasons.
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pcisbs
Mar. 23, 2013 at 10:18amWhy would we bash Lee? He Rubio, Rand and Cruz are patriots. It has no chance of passing so I agree that is was a ***** budget. 1st and foremost – when there is absolutely ZERO chance of it passing, so why not make a statement, and take a position with a truly principled budget? Obama has increase the budget baseline well over a $1.3 trillion dollars per year, plus raised taxes all over the place, including the payroll tax of all Americans. Also, let’s not forget the 23 new Obamacare taxes where we are even talking about. Ryan simply cut the year to year increase in spending increases from 4.9% to a still way too high 3.4% – this is pathetic, especially when you consider how much Obama has jacked up taxes and ballooned the annual federal budget. Not only does Ryan’s budget not cut a dime from Obama’s hyper bloated spending regiment, he left all of Obama’s economy stunting tax increases in tact. THIS IS WHY THE REPUBLICANS ARE LOSERS! Democrats never cower, break their principles or roll over to put forth a republican lite agenda to appease conservatives. They fight till the end
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Southernsoul
Mar. 24, 2013 at 8:52amI would agree, from what i know of Lee and Cruz, and Paul. Just because Ryan is a more than most conservative doesn’t mean his budget should automatically get everyone’s vote. This idea of supporting someone just because they are not a flaming communist has got us where we are now, full of RINO’s.
The only mistake I will say they are making is not coming out full force and saying why they voted against it. Believe me, the dem’s will use this for themselves.
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lgccac
Mar. 23, 2013 at 7:25amGIve me a red pen and the authority and I’ll balance the budget in three months, without raising taxes.
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Mr.Fitnah
Mar. 23, 2013 at 6:01amDoesnt matter .
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Daddymac10
Mar. 23, 2013 at 5:54amI also think Ryan’s plan is weak. If your gonna do something, you do it right, or you don’t do it at all. A budget that increase spending tailors to the Democrats, not the Tea Party. Try again Ryan, and next time cut spending, reduce taxes, defund Obama Care, and balance the budget no less than 5 years…
Paul / Bachmann 2016
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SublimeOne
Mar. 23, 2013 at 6:46amI myself prefer this ticket in 2016. Rand Paul / Suzanna Martinez
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ssimonds1
Mar. 23, 2013 at 11:15amHow about a Nugent/Sinese ticket in 2016. Just joking!
media-bias-steals-elections
Mar. 23, 2013 at 4:14amQuote(s):
David suffered his most significant judgement when he numbered Israel (2 Sam 24)
Believe that You Can – by Jentezen Franklin
We are inspiring dreams at theBlaze? We are breaking jars like Gideon? Judges 7:22-23
What are the jars you say today? The circular arguments that never solve the problems, but illuminate them?
Another quote:
Vision comes from God, and it will make you help people, ambition comes from the flesh, and will make you use people.
Faith can move a mountain, fear can create one?
News flash Mrs. Pelosi, we are not scared of the next election, are you?
Mr. Ryan, please listen to Sen. Cruz, thank you. We will not let go of our dreams, and Sen. Cruz and others are inspiring great visions.
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Verceofreason
Mar. 23, 2013 at 1:55amThis same buget got voted down before.
And again when Ryan lost the election,
Did Pauly think 3 WAS the charm?
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LibertyOrDeath12
Mar. 23, 2013 at 1:16amIt is because Paul Ryans Budget is a load of crap. It is completely ridiculous. Why do people keep relying on losers. Ryan couldn’t even defeat Obama. Move on!
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Blaze_Comment
Mar. 23, 2013 at 1:14am“AND HERE’S THE ONE SENATOR WHO MISSED THE VOTE”
Because he is brain dead?
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universalphilos
Mar. 22, 2013 at 11:36pmSpiritual guidance, July 30, 1982: “A government is only as good as the people shall make it. If there are laws in your land that should be changed, then cast your heart and soul into them and change them.
But…a government, like anything, must have a revenue; it must have a means of support. If you strip this totally and completely – it should be regulated in the means which it is [taking] from the people. It should be as a tithing given unto God.
But…look at the aged; look at the sick of your land. Your Social Security laws must be changed, that the Social Security that they receive is something that they have earned. It is not a gift from the Government. Stop this bad law, a law that makes criminals of honest people. Give them that that is theirs. Let them earn that that is theirs, and let them pay taxes on that that is theirs.
You do not understand from which we speak; then we shall explain, in your form and in your way. Your Social Security has been paid for and belongs to the people who paid for it. It is not a political ball, and politicians should be stripped from it. Second, since it is a payment been paid, and should be paid back, regardless of how much a person makes, they should receive their payment, allowing them to receive it and continue to pay taxes on anything that they make beyond this….for it is not God’s way to give you with one hand and take away with another….”
http://www.angelfire.com/in4/aup_messiah/1982July30.audio.html
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762x51
Mar. 22, 2013 at 11:28pmNo budget from the do nothing Senate again this year, what a shock.
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Netsurfer2
Mar. 22, 2013 at 10:56pmI believe Ryan has it together and that those Senators are lacking something!
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SendTheMeteors
Mar. 22, 2013 at 11:45pmActually, there was good reason to reject the Ryan plan. I know it’s been a few months, but Romney and Ryan ran on what was was more or less the same budget. Americans rejected those guys, partly on the basis of that budget.
Do your research about the Ryan budget. What is it explicit about? Further reducing taxes, not for you or me, for the richest Americans and large corporations. The budget is also clear in not reducing military spending.
So, the budget reduces revenue substantially. So how does it balance the budget? It doesn’t say! The claim is that they’ll close loopholes, but that’ll be something Congress will have to work out. As of today, Republicans are not willing to close any loopholes (“Obama got his revenue”) but if we substantially reduce taxes on the richest Americans (again) right up front, then we’ll figure out what to cut to balance the budget at a later date. All the spending cuts aren’t spelled out.
So if you cut taxes for the rich and don’t cut the military, who is going to pay to balance the budget. Who knows, but one thing is for sure, you and your parents and grandparents are going among those subsidizing the tax breaks for the richest.
This isn’t a serious budget. It’s an Alice in Wonderland budget, all sound and fury and signifying nothing.
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wlc74
Mar. 23, 2013 at 12:46amSENDTHEMMETEORS- You are too focused on REVENUE. There is plenty of revenue. There are people out there (not me) that are paying half of their salary in state, federal and SS taxes. Don’t you see that as wrong?
Ryan’s budget does not add revenue. It does what has been needed for a long time, it cuts spending. He cuts spending in Medicaid, unemployment, food stamps, housing assistance and welfare. He cuts 30% off training, employment and social services. There is more, but you get the idea.
This is the deal. If you are a CEO and you have all these productive workers, but 15% of the employees are doing absolutely nothing, you hate to let them go, but you are in the red. What do you do? Fire (restrict) the productive workers? No. Very similar in government spending. It sucks to trim back assistance to those that need it, however, you are getting nothing for your money. Defense, which is the one responsibility the government really has to the people, that spending is productive. Giving people money and getting nothing is a loss.
However, we can continue on with social spending and in ten years when the budget can’t take it….all assistance will have to stop and it will be chaos. Five years ago I thought that would never happen; however, as each day passes, I believe that it actually will.
We need to cut spending….not increase “revenue.” We should be happy that someone is actually trying to do something for the better of the country not
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wlc74
Mar. 23, 2013 at 12:48amBy the way…all information came from the WSJ.
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Allseasonangler
Mar. 23, 2013 at 1:55amYah and you probably loved John McCain and Mitt Romney and loved George W. Bush.
Adapt or become extinct, the old guard GOP is a dead duck in the water.
We cannot compromise or except the lesser evil candidates, and lesser evil legislation.
Bad legislation is still bad legislation at the end of the day. Paul Ryan’s budget is bad legislation.
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SendTheMeteors
Mar. 23, 2013 at 11:48amWL, we do have a revenue problem. I know that’s the Republican line but it’s false. Let’s recap. Bush dramatically cut taxes twice. The trickle down idea was that would help the economy. It didn’t, not one bit (duh!). What it did do was explode the deficit. Those cuts remain the the largest factor in the deficit. Then there was that several trillion dollar fiasco in Iraq, put on a credit card. I agree, that was unnecessary spending. Then there was another trillion that went to Afghanistan, more unnecessary spending, I agree. Then there was the economic collapse which, guess what, dramatically cut revenue because people lost jobs (you don’t pay taxes if you don’t earn and spend) and companies went broke (again, no taxes paid).
The only increase in spending during this administration has been jobless benefits. Spending isn’t “out of control.” The out of control spending was the two wars Bush started.
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servant100
Mar. 23, 2013 at 1:04pmMeteors…GET REAL!!! Ryan’s budget is a joke…The Dem budget was a bigger joke.
We have a spending problem….Current expenditures are TWICE to THREE times the amountof FY 2008. In addition the “cuts” are merely lowering the guaranteed rate of expansion already built into the base….Neither “budget” actually reduces current expenditures at all….
You cut the expenditures back to 2008 levels…heck even to 2010 levels and you balance the budget within 5 years,….
There simply is NO additional revenue to be gotten here by increasing tax rates…The only decent increase in revenue comes from a supply side CUT in tax rates.. AND governmental regulations….sufficient to open up business expansions…heck there is 2 TRILLION just sitting out there waiting for this event. CUT tax rates…and you will see huge increases in Govt revenue…because economic growth generates MULTIPLE times the tax revenue….just look at the Regan tax cuts….it is about as subtle as a TANK….
But don’t let me intrude into your liberal mantra….with facts….
Continue with your progressive blinders ….marching lock step forward….cause on Sept 13, 2015…it will come crashing down into the free fall depression that idiots like you so richly deserve…
My only problem is that the collateral damage to your foolish idealistic Keynsian idiocy….is me and my family…
We reap what we sow…
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katzkiner
Mar. 23, 2013 at 3:53pmMeteor, sometimes you make valid arguements as 1% owns 40% of the wealth. When the top 5% of earners are paying 70% of the taxes, where do we go? It is not ” how we got here”, it is what can we do now? Several trillion dollars are sitting offshore because of our high tax rate. We will never re-industrialized this country with high taxes and regulations.
We are fools not to develope our extensive energy resources, cheap domestic energy would make us competitive with countries who rely on virtual slave labor. We have lost 56,000 factories since 2000, that is the source of our revenue, spending, and unemployment problem. Clinton signed NAFTA, Bush invaded Iraq, both mistakes we can’t undo. A low tax on repatriated income, a flat tax like Russia’s 13%, and an all out program to develope natural gas and petroleum would pay off the national debt in a decade. The government royalties off the oil under 4 western states would pay off the national debt. Why continue to do what does not work. Can’t we learn?
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SpeckChaser
Mar. 23, 2013 at 4:26pmMeteors,
We all know the answer but go ahead and tell us what year the federal gov took in more revenue than last.. If we have a revenue problem then there must be another year that was better. Tell us in which years revenue was higher than last year.
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texanpatriot
Mar. 22, 2013 at 10:41pmI am missing the rationale of voting against Ryan’s budget by Lee, Paul and Cruz.
Is it better than the Dem’s budget? Yep.
It it perfect? Nope.
Would two steps forward out of six be better than ten steps back? Yep.
I am disappointed in my Senator for the first time. The GOP does not have the votes to pass the budget but failing because of the Dems would seem to be the right move.
Maybe these Senators will explain their vote so that it will make sense…
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neverending
Mar. 22, 2013 at 11:01pmMy sentiments exactly. Thought I was the only one that felt this way about it.
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LibertyOrDeath12
Mar. 23, 2013 at 1:19amYeah it is better than the Democrats but it is like voting for the lesser crap. I am sick and tired of the GOP not going far enough.
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pantokrator
Mar. 23, 2013 at 2:37amI’m getting sick of this “Lesser of two evils” talk. If Ryan wanted a real budget, he would have presented one. This ten-year-plan doesn’t do anything. It’s just more hogwash for RINOs to make it look like they want cuts, but they are just politicians trying to swindle their way into power again; that’s all that ever goes on in Washington. Senator Cruz and Paul are among the few fighting for the people in Washington.
Don’t be fooled by this not-solution. No more compromise, no more baby steps or sort of goods. Be bold, present a REAL plan that goes right to the point, or go home. We need to fix this problem now.
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axxmann
Mar. 23, 2013 at 12:55pmThere are NO cuts in the Ryan budget. He reduces the rate of growth from 5% to 3.5%.
We need to stop playing this baseline budgeting game and stop calling (smaller) increases in spending “cuts”.
A CUT IS A REDUCTION IN SPENDING!
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texanpatriot
Mar. 23, 2013 at 4:50pmAdd your comments
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texanpatriot
Mar. 23, 2013 at 6:07pmSorry to disagree.
It is better to put a stake in the ground then take a all or nothing position.
From another post:
That blueprint – by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., his party’s vice presidential candidate last year – claims $4 trillion more in savings over the period than Senate Democrats by digging deeply into Medicaid, food stamps and other safety net programs for the needy. It would also transform the Medicare health care program for seniors into a voucher-like system for future recipients.
This could have been make more attractive in 2014 and so on.
The vote was a sham but the GOP should have let the Dems defeat it.
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power_cord
Mar. 22, 2013 at 10:40pmNumbers 5, 4 and 3 probably just sealed their fate for reelection.
Although I understand why numbers 2 and 1 voted no, the low information voters, all the Democrats and the MSM will not and pounce on them for not supporting Ryan and stretch that into internal chaos for the Repubs.
As for Lautenberg, he and that nasty looking face of his need to go. Flush that turd and let’s move on.
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termyt
Mar. 22, 2013 at 10:33pmFor all sides it’s all or nothing. So we get nothing.
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PIGSWILLNEVERFLY
Mar. 22, 2013 at 10:18pmIt’s like this whole country has been put in a straight jacket by one skinny black dude? WTF?
Unbelievable Nightmare.
0bama quotes Alinsky in speech to young Israelis! story at wnd.com
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neverending
Mar. 22, 2013 at 10:26pmUnbelievable indeed – and the sorry is just getting started.
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TJexcite
Mar. 22, 2013 at 10:02pmLee, Paul and Cruz voted against it for the compete opposite reasons why the Democrats and Collins voted against it. One not far enough in the cuts it has and the other is of the draconian cuts it has. It has to be point out just how different the reason Nay for the vote are.
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woodyee
Mar. 22, 2013 at 10:01pmSusan Collins (ME)- LOVED by the McPain wing of the Blue-blood Repubs, because she somehow manages to fly below the radar, though her votes cost US DEARLY!
Ditto Olimpia Snowe, (Maine) that witch! It was HER vote that kept Obammy-care from dying in committee! I hope she gets twisted up by uncontrollable musculo-skeletal contractions which requires medication that will make her joints explode, and that she has a severe allergic reaction to the medication given to prevent her joints from exploding, causing her to break out in burning, painful boils in her private parts and poop-chute, causing colonic contractions which gives her explosive bowel movements, rendering Depends useless, whereby she is forced to accept hospice care at home by volunteers from the local Dept of social services, and that she gets stuck with a big ol’ nurse that reminds us of the “Kabooyah!” lady…one bowel movement from Snowe and she’s gonna end up in the rest room calling her mama for help! She quits, and Snowe reaches out for a life-line – Collins. Susan Collins shows up and finds Snowe on her back gagging from a boil, so she rolls her over and “Kabooyah!” – explosive movement right in the face, plastering Collins to the ceiling. Collins carcass twitches, causing her to break free, landing on Snowe and cooling her off too.
The End.
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pghpatriot
Mar. 22, 2013 at 10:57pmc’mon. don’t hold back. what do you REALLY feel?
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asybot12
Mar. 23, 2013 at 2:50amDown boy, you have to really learn how to articulate and emphasize things , more detail on the small points, connect the sentences better and then tie it all together. (LOL)
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wowjustwow
Mar. 23, 2013 at 12:01pmThis type of comment above is a prime example of why a republican won’t be in the White House any time soon. Read it and weep.
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OlefromMN
Mar. 22, 2013 at 9:55pmI really pray there is somebody on Capital Hill with a plan. I see the reason Cruz, Paul, and Lee voted against, but will the message be understood? I see a battle now between Ryan and his House conservatives pitting against Paul, Cruz, Lee and any other Senate conservatives. The left will sit back and let the sparks fly as they blissfully spend along.
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Mike76
Mar. 22, 2013 at 9:54pmWho’s going to be the first here to declare Ted Cruz and Rand Paul to be communists for not supporting Ryan’s changes-nothing-over-too-long-a-time-frame budget?
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Stoic one
Mar. 22, 2013 at 9:50pmI seek more and more ways to not pay taxes.
For example: home heating source – wood…taxes zero; formerly heating oil 2007-8 cost $3000. That included 6.5% sales tax plus all the embedded tax in petroleum.
Avoidance not evasion
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MrKnowItAll
Mar. 22, 2013 at 9:34pmWe don’t have a Spending Problem? According to the Left and Elephant Right?
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Verceofreason
Mar. 23, 2013 at 1:57amWe have BILL PAYING problem.
Bush already did all the spending AND BORROWING.
China wants its money back – with interest,
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