Deal: Congressional Leaders Reach Agreement to Avoid Government Shutdown
- Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:04pm by
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Perilously close to a government shutdown, congressional leaders reached agreement with the White House late Friday night on a deal to cut tens of billions of dollars in federal spending and avert the closure.
House Speaker John Boehner informed the GOP rank and file of the accord, reached in grueling negotiations over several weeks, an official said.
“We have an agreement,” concurred a spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Jon Summers.
Because drafting and then passing the broader legislation could take days, congressional leaders raced to approve a stopgap measure to prevent the onset of the first shutdown in 15 years, due to begin at midnight. Officials said it would keep the government in funds through the middle of next week.
Boehner told reporters just before 11 p.m. EDT that the House would continue working.
Republicans said the deal called for $39 billion in spending cuts, a measure that one official said Boehner told his rank and file marked the “largest real-dollar spending cut in American history.”
Over a decade, the agreement would cut more than $500 billion from the federal budget, Boehner added, according to a participant in the meeting.
The agreement marked an extraordinary reach across party lines and the first test of a new era of divided government that includes Obama in the White House, control of the Senate by fellow Democrats and a tea party-flavored Republican majority in the House.
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REVerse
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:21pmAnd Hussein used the troops for political leverage by threatening to not pay them. But, he will take care of his union brethren.
Usurper.
Help… Where am I? Is this really happening in the USA?
Report Post »SLEUTH
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:43pmbye, bye Boehner, you just kissed your butt goodbye. if you happen to get re-elected to the house, you wont get re-elected Leader of the House. what a loser, cry over that one.
Report Post »AmeriCat
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 2:40amIt’s Tea Party time…
Let’s show the GOP how their bread is buttered……
and remind the Liberals of our power!.
Make them all quake in their boots by our turnout at Tea Party events across the nation on April 15th.
Find an event and GO…THEY ARE FUN!
Report Post »My friend’s 92 and 96 year old parents had such a good time, they didn’t want to leave!
dawg of gawd
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 10:43amAmericat . . .what power?
Report Post »dawg of gawd
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 11:09amAmericat . . . I think I’ve stumbled onto your problem. You see, governing for the future of the largest economy and the most powerful nation in the world can’t really be put in the hands of 96-year-old people, no matter how many Kool Aid pops they get to eat.
Report Post »COFemale
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:20pmI would have rather let the government shut down than settle for 39 billion. Even if it meant I’d have to wait for my tax refund longer.
The Democrats want to hang on to the stupidist funding for the stupidist things, it would have been them who would have lost out, as they were not willing to negotiate at 60 billion. Who the hell cares about Reid’s cowboy poetry festival. Why do they need funding? If they were so good, they could raise funding on their own. The truth probably is only about 5 people really care about cowboy poetry. I sure don’t.
Report Post »wrecked
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:20pmSo what happens when we have to work out a budget for 2112 fiscal year? Another cave by the rebubs? All talk. As for 6.5 trillion ….what a joke NO guts and the dims win again and the american tax payer takes it in the shorts AGAIN. All of them are low lifes. If the devil is in the details, Dump every last one of them. Where do i send my money to defeat all those low lifes
Report Post »FreetownBill
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:19pmRNC, GOP and all RINOS STOP CALLING ME FOR MONEY! I will donate to true conservatives of integrity only. Stop wasting our time, money and childrens future!
Report Post »CatB
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:34pmI have been telling them that since the Kennedy/McCain/Martinez amnesty … and they still call! I didn‘t give in the last election to the ’party” .. I gave my donation directly to candidates I support! That is how RUBIO got ELECTED IN FL! Crist was the GOP candidate.
Report Post »Dan
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:18pmI am so tired of Republicans giving in to pressure and the dems. What on earth are they afraid of. Please don’t do us any favors, just stop the spending.
When the government shut down during the snow storm, did the country go into chaos? Well a government shut down would have had the same affect regardless of what they say. The military would have been paid retro active.
I am so upset with them all Republicans and Democrats. Thanks for nothing House Speaker John Boehner, you sellout!
Dan
Report Post »Zone Read
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:18pmI can’t believe they caved!! Unbelievable. Boehner is a weakling. I like the guy, but he‘s become Dingy Harry’s lap dog. Take you’re jewels out of the box, put them on, and be a man for goodness sakes!!
Report Post »CatB
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:29pmIf you want a R with “jewels” .. I think you are going to have to look to the women! Most of the men don’t seem to have “a pair”.
Report Post »shagstar
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:47pmi never thought that i would see the repubes capitulate again in my 50+ years!!
Report Post »this is beyond disgust
Bonnieblue2A
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:17pmCowards all. The name calling and hyperbole from the Progressive left is despicable and the lack of spine from the GOP leadership is disgustingly reminiscent of Gingrich’s faliure to keep the contract with America.
Report Post »Boehner, you let us all down, shame on you. Time to turn over the speakership of the House to Jim DeMint. Boehner, you are fired!
chexfive
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 2:59amMaybe that is why Boehner cries a lot, every time he negotiates he knows he is selling America out one bill at a time.
Report Post »GeorgieJo
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:17pmObummer just wants to take his vacation
Report Post »God help us!!!
proudpatriot77
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:16pmNo big suprise. Republicans cave under pressure. Same old same old. The two party system of America: The Marxists (Democrats) and the Democrats(Republicans).
Report Post »LibertyUSA1
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:16pmVOTE THE CORRUPT BAS***** GONE!!!!! Bunch of weasles!!!
Report Post »BetterDays
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:15pmON Fox, a more detailed story is proffered.
Report Post »40billion now, 42 billion more through the rest of this year of discretionary spending only. Combine that with all the cuts in the weeks proceeding I believe the total will be 96-104 billion this year, so perhaps we jump the gun on pointing fingers, or crying in our soup. PLUS the real battle is for next years budget, Bohner knows for sue we are very serious and that’s a fact.
CatB
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:24pmSend him emails .. phone calls .. MAKE CERTAIN HE KNOWS!
Report Post »raspberrytea
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:35pmThat’s what I heard. Not perfect but they
Report Post »better stand strong on the 2012
budget.
justice
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:42pmI will give them credit for this action. They get a free pass from me. They were stuck with a huge gap that the Dem-Rats should have had done. So, for the benefit of doubt. I want to see what Mr.Ryan and the rest do with the 2012 budget. This will be the true awakening we need to look for.
Report Post »FES777
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:55pmYes let’s get positive here. What’s wrong with a WIN! Let’s keep working towards our goal of less government and more liberty! Less is good :)
Report Post »chexfive
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 2:56amWhat is really weird is…. when I can’t pay the bills I have this month, I have no discretionary spending money. Nothing will change, both parties are hacks and sellouts. Maybe that is why Boehner cries a lot, every time he negotiates he knows he is selling America out one bill at a time.
I guess if I were him, it would be my mission to make the progressives lives pure hell.
It is more than obvious that the repugs do not want to get out of this mess we are in, if they did, anyone knows you gotta sell it first, and selling common sense isn’t a hard sell to most Americans. The repugs have a vast choices of mass media venues to take their message and talk directly to the people, take calls answer questions but they aren’t doing it…why? Because they are stuck in the same attitude as the progressives, and that is… we know better than you, your opinion doesn‘t matter and we don’t want the simple minded masses to know what is in these bills and budgets we keep passing at the stroke of midnight.
If you keep up with the globalist their plan is to debase the dollar by the end of 2012, that means by the 1012 elections it is going to be too late to stop it, and as we can see the repugs have no fight against globalism and the one world order, they want it as much as the progressives do. The simple fact is, they are irrelevant and it seems they like it that way, hence the no show bills that are getting pushed through.
You would think that the repugs could have negotiated a little better for something like I dunno, maybe drilling oil in places where we have tons of it, that would help the American People immensely, but again, we get nothing but the bills, no good news here, not much at all.
Report Post »loggs14
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:14pmDid Obama just take credit for cutting the budget – he was AGAINST IT… then claimed he cut taxes when they only kept Bush’s Tax cuts and he took credit for that when he was AGAINST…. I am quite disgusted by this empty shirt the left bows down too… gage, choke, gage…
The Dems failed, lied over and over, called names today, and now take credit for doing something they did not want too!
I mean the dems had to call lobbtists to get permission to cut the budget!
Report Post »mamawalker
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:13pmThese people are actually patting themselves on the back – This is History as we know it??? The real truth is that if we do not get Obama out in 2012, this country as we know it is over!!!
Report Post »CatB
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:28pmAgreed.
Report Post »bullcrapbuster
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 12:44amWhat exactly would the republicans do to save the country. I guess if BS was butter they sell it and pay the debt. The republican party is not going to be of much help. Mushy headed twit Carl Rove is a perfect example of what the republican party has become.
Report Post »stmike
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 1:10amIt’s already over. Nothing left to do but pray.
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:13pmi think they should require abortion for liberals and demoncraps, since im pretty sure they are the majority of clients anyways, the resulting effects is the eventual elimination of the left!!
WIN WIN right?
they are happy they can murder at will, and we are happy they wont be around eventually
Report Post »Wilkins
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 6:52amLiberals aren’t made in the womb. Liberals are made in the schools. America needs many more conservative teachers.
If young Americans aren’t taught the true history of the founding ot their nation, the republic is lost. Pray it’s not too late!
Report Post »workinghard
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:13pmRNC stop calling my house! As Rush says, POUND SAND!
Report Post »CatB
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:22pmYes .. they have been calling me to … I don’t answer — it comes up on my cell as no number .. now I am going to take the call .. they will be sorry! And I am a Republican (have to register either D or R to vote in the primaries here).
Report Post »showmerancher
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:44pmNot another dime to the RNC/GOP…
The Blaze should do a “Note the Vote” article and show us how all members of Congress vote on this so we can send the sellouts an eviction notice.
Report Post »chexfive
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 2:38amMy dad used to tell me, when your not spending money you are making money, or saving money. And especially if the money you are spending is borrowed, then not spending it has a double savings or earnings that come in the form of reduced interest that you now do not have to pay because you didn‘t borrow the money and you didn’t spend it. This is how you get out of debt fast.
Report Post »Rich HOffman
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:12pmThe cuts in the most extreme case aren’t even close enough. I’m disappointed. Not because I wanted troops to miss a check, but because I want people to see what government is really good for, and that’s handing out checks. They have very little real use. Republicans should have played harder. Reed is out of his mind.
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http://overmanwarrior.wordpress.com/2011/04/09/go-see-atlas-shrugged-watch-the-movie-learn-how-the-scam-works-and-vote-this-novemeber-against-collective-bargaining/
carnifex
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 5:32amThey said nonessential employees would stay home without a budget. Smart people want to know why we have nonessential employees?
Report Post »ensemble
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:11pmIn any compromise between food and poison, it is only death that can win. In any compromise between good and evil, it is only evil that can profit– Ayn Rand.
Report Post »mamawalker
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:14pmAmen!
Report Post »MaggieRose
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 11:15amthat is twisted
Report Post »workinghard
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:10pmAnd the abortions go on…..
Report Post »Thunderstorm 316
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:19pmI guess only Jesus can hear the silent screams of the unborn :( May God have mercy on thoughs how tried to stop this muder.
Report Post »Dan
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:24pmThat’s the shameful part. NPR and Planned Parenthood where not affected. They will continue to be funded with tax payers money (our money).
I feel like I’m in the, “Twilight Zone”.
Dan
Report Post »psst
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 12:28amThunderstorm 316
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:19pm
I guess only Jesus can hear the silent screams of the unborn :( May God have mercy on thoughs how tried to stop this muder
Umm. Methinks God won’t have mercy on US.US have turned our backs on Him.
US are killing defenceless children in the woumb by the millions.
US have determined that lifestyles of Abomination is really just alternative lifestyles.
Isaiah 5:20
Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter
Woe unto US. His wrath will descend on US. Of this I have no doubt.
Report Post »Thunderstorm 316
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 2:45am@ PSST, his will be done.
Report Post »Marylou7
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 9:40amHow can God look upon us with the blood of millions of babies on our hands. The US is not even attempting to repent of it’s evil ways so how can God forgive us?? May he have mercy on those that love Him and follow His ways.
Report Post »MaggieRose
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 11:11amSo true you guys… so heartbreaking… I’m reminded of the old story of the kids that were mocking the elderly gentleman that was throwing starfish back into the ocean. There were hundreds that had washed ashore, and he was carefully throwing them back into the sea, one at a time. The kids were mocking him, saying “You’ll never save them all. What you‘re doing doesn’t matter!” He calmly replied, “It matters to THAT one.” As he calmly picked up one more starfish, and laid it back in the cool saltwater. As we pray, volunteer, give money and time to our local pregnancy resource centers, it may seem as if “it doesn’t matter” when faced with the abortion/murder machine of planned parenthood. But you know, it matters to that ONE baby… that ONE mother. So keep volunteering. Keep giving time, money… and most importantly, keep praying.
Report Post »miles from nowhere
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:10pmObama will twist the story to make everyone believe that he is responsible for the lead role in this agreement to not shut down government PUKE, GAG, COUGH, he could of had a budget last OCT. if he wasnt playing basketball and golf. What a worthless President!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »CatB
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:16pmInstead of POTUS .. it is now POS … 2012 we take back America!
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:21pm@ CATB
Report Post »I’m still betting there will be no elections in 2012
Specially after seeing how the Congress behaved today
CatB
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:26pm@CHEEZ
They try that and they will see “grassroots” they have never seen before .. we all know people who are of the same mind as the TEA Party but won’t get involved … they try to take away the 2012 election and even those people will be engerized.
Report Post »carnifex
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 5:27amI’ve vowed to never say his name again. When I’m in polite company I say President A$$wipe, and when I’m with family , I shorten it to just F%$#wad.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:10pmI heard 40 Billion . that is 60 BILLION short!
Report Post »VRW Conspirator
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:27pm39 billion on this bill….
12 billion on the last 1 week CR
10 billiion on the 2 week CR before that one….
and they got 4 or 6 billion in the extension in early January that pushed the deadline to March
so about 65 billion total….Boehner only said 61 Billion at the beginning of the year….Ryan said 100 billion and the 60 Tea Party House Reps ran on the 100 billion platform….
Boehner needs to be removed as speaker…we need Ryan….
Report Post »CatB
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:31pmI agree… we need to end this ‘who has been the longest gets the prize” mentality .. we aren’t a UNION we are a political party and as such we need the BEST people at the top .. not whoever has kept his head down and stayed in … RYAN would be EXCELLENT!
Report Post »Benjamin Linus
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:39pmWhoa, the Tea Party members did NOT run on a 100 billion dollar cut. That 100 billion was the Republican “pledge”, which amounts to barely 1% of the budget… an f’ing joke. The Tea Pary members ran on balancing the budget and cutting the size of government.
Ryans plan is better but still takes 26 years to balance the budget. That is still a joke.
Report Post »matabrava
Posted on April 10, 2011 at 12:21amThe correct amount is 38.5 Billion,
Report Post »Wdawg
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:09pmthank god they didnt defund planned parenthood!
Report Post »Chet Hempstead
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 12:37amAmen. I guess they just weren’t quite hypocritical enough to claim it was all about fiscal responsibility while cutting a program that saves them so much money in the long run.
Report Post »Larry Sheldon
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:09pmWhat did we get–a handful of rice and a few beans?
Report Post »psst
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:27pmWe got less than that.
Report Post »FLyoverman
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:53pmAh but Jack not any beans, magic beansfor the giant beanstalk….Harry Reid promised they were.
Report Post »matabrava
Posted on April 10, 2011 at 12:19amBoehner got something out of the deal. Reid promised hit not gloat the next day. But he‘ll start gloating tomorrow you’ll see.
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:09pmim guessing they caved on financing the legal murder of infants and the rider on the epa
Report Post »carnifex
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 12:53amIt doesn’t matter why they folded, just that they folded. I guess Bonehead thinks if he acts nice they won’t make him cry anymore. Once a rino, always a rino….it needs to be rino season.
Report Post »sissykatz
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 1:54amNo they are bringing PP defunding up for a vote. That is all we can do because Obama will veto it that was a big deal for the REPUBLICANS, I know most of you sound very angry at BOEHNER but he has fought a dam.. hard fight and got more done in my opinion than anyone could. I FOR ONE AM PROUD OF WHAT THEY GOT ACCOMPOLISHED, I THINK BOEHNER DID A GOOD JOB. THEY ARE EVEN GOING TO BRING DEFUNDING OBAMA CARE FOR A VOTE IN SENATE ALONG WITH PP.WE ACTUALLY GOT MORE DONE THAT I EXPECTED, THEY STILL HAVE TO FIGHT OVER TRILLIONS IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND THE DEBT CEILING. THIS WAS A VICTORY FOR THE REPUBLICANS. Thanks for he hard fought battle. I would rather see more done but am proud of what was done.
Report Post »MODEL82A1
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:08pmAnd now our Dear Leader will take to the airwaves to claim “credit”.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:14pmYes .. he “saved” the kids Field Trip .. .of course they will be speaking chinese and living in labor camps when they grow up … so I guess they should have some fun now.
Report Post »Thunderstorm 316
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:21pmAnd after that a long vacation for all the hard work did not do.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:29pmOur self delusional excuse for a President indeed is taking credit; I imagine it will be touted as a great victory over the forces of darkness by the left and the progressives.
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:38pmRepubics suck as much as the Dems….time for a 3rd party.and cut all ties with the Repubics.
Report Post »ManThong
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 12:58amThe only credit to be taken is for postponing the time that the whole thing crashes again, but that will be eclipsed by the fact that the impact will be more devastating.
Report Post »chexfive
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 2:31amIf you notice the dear kings always take the mic after they have done the rotten work, when they should be informing us before any thing is ever close to coming to a deal. This is how it is working now, every piece of legislation under Obummer comes in closed chambers, secret meetings or at the last minute so nothing can be debated in public, the kings and queens make up their minds at the last minute while we nothing of what is in the bills, you know, we gotta pass it before we can know what is in it? Well, this is not how America is supposed to be run, you damn sure believe there are going to be things in here that Americans are going to be very upset about, but the American people are again, left out of the loop and the American Opinions are disregarded like yesterdays garbage. We need to tell these politicians loud and clear, 2 weeks of open bill review before any legislation or bill is passed, that is just the way it is supposed to be, we ought to demand this right now and here forward, lets remind the repugs of this this weekend!
Report Post »MODEL82A1
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:06pmOf course it has. Nothing has changed in the Republican party since November 2010.
Report Post »PoohbearA2
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:09pmGreat. Conservatives cave in again. When will we learn.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:13pmSounds that way Obama and Reid are taking credit … WTF!
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:15pmNow Hussain can go on his vacation
Report Post »Thank allah
BIGJAYINPA
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:15pmThey blinked. Once again the pathetic need of the Repubs for media approval has reared it’s ugly head. When are they ever going to learn. The left-wing media will NEVER love them and the Dems will only continue to roll them at every turn. We will never have a chance until we rid ourselves of ALL career politicians, R & D. They must all go, all 535 of the useless b******s.
Report Post »dkhartman
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:17pmI know, Model, What a relief, our GOP has caved like cowards once again… Go figure. How did the dems do it? With talk of tolerance and how we need to protect womens RIGHT to healthcare and murder. Having my sole income from the government, I’d much rather a shutdown than the GOP back down like a bunch of wusses. Gag.Me.
Report Post »Benjamin Linus
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:18pm39 billion, what an f’ing joke and insult.
I’m sick of this puppet show. I’m especially sick of this Boehner phony.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:18pmNo they just REENERGIZED the TAX DAY TEA Parties next week … find one and attend!
Report Post »bikerr
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:18pmAh, what happened to abortion funding? was it included or was it stopped?
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:19pmWe indeed see business as usual; however there is still one wild card in the equation, that is the members elected and supported by the tea party – if they do not cave in, they can have my full support, otherwise, let the whole band of bandits be cast aside.
His wanna be excellecy of self, Obama, was all but gloating fully over this news when he spoke just a bit ago on the radio. Tommorow he most likely will be crowing on how he once again saved the nation for the collective whole.
MODEL82A1
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:21pmAnd here’s the Money Quote from Dailykos regarding the Libs disgusting victory tonight, “Republicans have targeted–programs like Head Start, WIC, and community health care centers … an anti-woman, anti-child, anti-poor agenda, that, oh by the way, will cause a loss of 120,000 – 450,000 jobs.”
Report Post »– Any questions as to what the Lib stance will be toward the next CR or, God forbid, actual budget decision.
joe conservative
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:21pmThe whole thing was nothing more than a game. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NG-QQ9eQKZE Everything is a game with the Obama administration.
Report Post »burned at edges
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:25pmI am so mad I could spit. I just know deep down they sold out the innocent for this blood money.
Report Post »theonefromabove
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:27pmWe need 2012 to be now… There will be change.
http://politicalbowl.com – Political Videos
Report Post »burned at edges
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:28pmI hope the republicans in the house do not go along with this. Just because bohner agreed to it doesn’t mean the true conservatives have to sell their sole and vote for it.
Showtime
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:32pmTake it easy on Boehner. This has not been easy for him, his staff, or on us. We have a new budget coming up. And, the House is passing bills to protect us in the future. The Senate will be forced to cave down the line.
Report Post »101
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:36pmThe GREAT PRINTING PRESS CRASH of 2012!
New world monetary system, double sided coins of Soros!
Report Post »showmerancher
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:37pmYes, I’m vindicated again. Republicans haven’t changed or learned their lesson; they are in fact, just “Democrat Light”. I’d say that we should be loudly expressing our disdain, but we’ve already tried that, and as we see, to no avail. It seems to me I’ve read something… somewhere… that addressed this kind of situation…
“When in the course of human events…”
Report Post »BONETRAUMA
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:37pmChange them in 2012!
Report Post »A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:44pmAmerica lost on this deal.
The Dems redefined the issue as the Repugs being hung up over a $5-7 billion difference between two partisan plans.
But the issue was NOT about the two offers in cuts. The issue was between the $1.3 trillion in annual deficits and the Repugs offer of $60 billion!
The Repugs and America got played, YET AGAIN!
I CANNOT STAND DEMS OR REPUGS!
Report Post »Dale
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:45pmOver a decade, the agreement would cut more than $500 billion from the federal budget, Boehner added, according to a participant in the meeting. Can you believe a half trillion over a DECADE! obummer is racking up trillions a YEAR! While I’m very disappointed, I think we need to see how the 2011 budget goes. Boehner may have given away restricting PP funding (I don’t know yet), but we still have the ability to jettison education, energy, health and human resources, and several other departments. Budget POWER is invested in the House (Tea Party Power Seat). odumbo blinked (he’s basically a coward) and his numbers are dropping. Ryan’s budget will be the real test (along with raising the debt limit) and the dems are retreating (soon they will be in full retreat). Prosser looks like he will retain his seat in Wisconsin, unions are becoming irrelevant (it will take time – the progressives are very entrenched, and we are just beginning – but we are WINNING!
Report Post »drphil69
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:50pmBOO! Wimps! We did NOT send you there to cut less that 3% of the deficit! Gee that $1.65 TRILLION deficit is hardly recognizable at $1.621 TRILLION!
Liberalism triumphs. Women, children and minorities hardest hit.
BE PREPARED.
Report Post »mswanner
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:54pmJust infuriating…same ol‘ same ol’…conservatives have the numbers and they still cave in like a bunch of wimps…so what did we gain during this impasse except for egg in our face…gave them everything they wanted and we got zilch…UNBELIEVABLE…
Report Post »BidBerthaDotCom
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:58pmFound in my email today:
April 8, 2011
Contact: Wes Benedict, Executive Director
E-mail: wes.benedict@lp.org
Phone: 202-333-0008 ext. 222
Libertarians call for permanent government shutdown
WASHINGTON – As elected officials put on a dog-and-pony media show about a temporary shutdown of small parts of the federal government, the Libertarian Party calls for a permanent shutdown of most of the federal government.
Libertarian Party Executive Director Wes Benedict said, “Just think how a permanent government shutdown would allow so many Americans to regain the blessings of liberty.
“Education would blossom as the Department of Education ended its War on Learning, no longer wasting our money and preventing educational innovation with one-size-fits-all centralized mandates.
“Job opportunities at companies big and small would multiply, providing opportunity and choice for American workers.
“The world would enjoy peace as we withdrew our forces from Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya. Our government spends almost as much on the military as the rest of the world combined. Millions of industrious men and women who work for the military and its contractors could be focusing on building up our economy, rather than tearing down others’.
“Crime would plummet as the government’s War on Drugs ended, no longer sustaining a giant violent black market and overfilling our prisons.
“The life of many poorer Americans would improve as welfare programs stopped, no longer trapping low-income families in an endless cycle of government dependency.
“All Americans would feel a huge burden lifted every April, as they were no longer required to wrestle with a byzantine and oppressive IRS.
“But most importantly, Americans would once again be free of unjust and unconstitutional violations of their unalienable rights.”
Benedict added, “We’re not talking about eliminating the federal government. We want to end all federal activities that are not authorized by the Constitution, and we want to cut everything else as much as we can. In 2000, the federal government spent $1.8 trillion. This year it’s expected to spend $3.8 trillion. Things are going the wrong way — fast.”
Report Post »Eatyourcrow
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:58pmI did learn. Keep moving right. There is a spot closer to liberty than conservatism. And it ain’t Anarchy!
Report Post »G.W. Dobbs
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:58pmSo what else is new? The Rebulicans ALWAYS cave in. The cut of 61 billion dollars the Republicans proposed was only 1.5% of the budget so WHY NOT MAKE THE DEMOCRAPS agree to that miniscule amount? HA! Nothing has changed. A lot of hot air and posturing but Boener let the Democrats know early on he was going to get his people to cave in; after that, it became only a question of HOW MUCH.
Report Post »We have NO LEADERSHIP. NONE.
SHASTADIANE1
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 12:03amKarl Rove said this was a WIN for Boehner, so what is the deal??? He won the minute he said he would RETURN his salary if the government shut down and the Dems weren’t willing to do it also, which made them look bad.
Report Post »A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 12:03amAs the Progressives continue on their path to destroy the American economy, please consider the Alternative Market Movement, and help to preserve our Constitutional Republic.
Introducing the Alternative Market Movement
Report Post »http://oathkeepers.org/oath/2011/03/17/introducing-the-alternative-market-movement/
Brasil2520
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 12:04amGood, now Congress can go back to talking about what people really care about, no not jobs, STEROIDS IN BASEBALL ! ! !
Report Post »TSUNAMI-22
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 12:10am@ CatB
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:18pm
No they just REENERGIZED the TAX DAY TEA Parties next week … find one and attend!
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I tend to agree. On the face of it – it looks like the Repubs caved. That’s the beauty of it………similar to Beck allowing the MSNBC’ers of the world to think Beck “lost” to the left. Deeper things are coming.
Chess games aren’t won in the first move. Neither are Poker games.
Report Post »SHASTADIANE1
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 12:12amI guess I missed something, because you all sound like the the Repub. sold out, and I just heard Karl Rove say it was a victory for Boehner…so what’s the deal..no shut down at least for another week, which will make my FB friends happy who have been screaming all day about the stop of military pay…and had the government shut down, I’d have had to flown to Hawaii and take my nieces family to dinner…as I told her the shut down wouldn’t happen and bet her on it!!! I don’t think I could take 8 hours on a plane packed like sardines anymore????
Report Post »Beckofile
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 12:17amNow time to pass a law that forces when the government is in shut down everyone but the military does not get paid and it will not be paid. Does everyone realize that the majority of workers would have sat at home and recieved their back pay? Wow, this is historic, they saved us from spending 4 billion dollars of debt each day for a total of something like 12 days out of the whole year. This is SHeeeeit. Screw all these politicians.
Report Post »TSUNAMI-22
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 12:23am@ A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Oathkeepers looks interesting. I’m looking into it.
Report Post »home_of_the_brave
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 12:29amDemocrats purposely delayed on setting a budget last fall for this very reason… Bargaining chips. 38 billion is a DROP in the BUCKET! I don’t lay the blame entirely on the Republicans, their hands were tied. We just need to remember in November 2012, who held out, who denied emergency funds to the Armed Services, who wouldn’t budge! Barry and Harry can take all the credit they want but we will REMEMBER!
Report Post »bullcrapbuster
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 12:30amAnother sell out by slimy scumbag gutless republician politicians. They will try to lie and spin their way out taking the blame thinking that the stupid voter will fall for anything. Every one of those low-lifes should be thrown out on their collective ass. Baby killing has always been ok with the GOP. That party is just as responsible democratic party for the sad state that the country is in. We need another party to save the nation. No deals with the devil. Why do politicians turn so paranoid after they are elected? Their ass is grass and we the people will be the lawn mower.
Report Post »Beckofile
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 12:35amDam it ….I thought a shut down was great. Then they could individually vote to turn on the Constitutional parts again. You know, womens cancer screenings. The one where a girl goes and has sex with her 14th boyfriend and contacts HPV and you are on the hook for her cervical cancer down at the local chapter of UNplanned parenthood.
Report Post »Beckofile
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 12:37amWow they put away the credit card for all of 12 days or so out of the whole year. STILL BROKE!
Report Post »YellowFin
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 12:37am39 billion now, and over a decade, the agreement would cut more than $500 billion from the federal budget.
Will that really make a 14 TRILLION debt go away? That is similar to trying paying off a new car debt with a one dollar bill.
Woe for the earth!
Report Post »MiketheTrucker
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 12:38amWow, $500 billion over a decade…………………… I guess we’ll only add $1.2 trillion per year to the debt. We won’ t be bankrupt until at least…………………………………… February of 2013.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 12:41amIf we can get control of the Senate, too, in 2012 and put a conservative Republican in the White House, we can undo. repeal, cut, unfund, and put America on a course that will protect the dollar’s value all over the world and head the United States toward real prosperity again.
This is the 2011 budget they’ve been working on, which should have passed last September. The spending cuts in this budget are FAR GREATER than we would have had in September 2010.
Report Post »joe3
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 12:44ambohner, we supported you, we gave you direction, we gave you numbers, voters, it is time for you to step down. nothing personal, you are not working out. its time to let ron paul do your job.
Report Post »independentvoteril
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 12:46amWHAT did we give in on? What were the things they caved on?? why are we not seeing them…?
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 12:51amNot ENOUGH!!!! DE-fund the White House period!!!
Report Post »Old Truckers
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 12:53amHow much money does the U.S. government give away to foreign countries?
Report Post »Was that expenditure included the cuts?
Timekeeper
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 12:56amWE need representatives with a backbone and who understand that you do not compromise on values & principles. This wasn’t about 30 billion vs 60 billion. It was about stopping socialism, backdoor implimentation of Cap & Trade, and stopping the spending. The “establishment” Republicans are the ones who for Decades have helped get US in this mess. VOTE THEM ALL OUT – FROM CITY HALL TO THE HALLS OF CONGRESS.
T axed
Report Post »E nough
A ready
beauxdog
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 1:00am@POOHBEARA and one or two others…
With all due respect… REPUBLICAN does not necessarily equal CONSERVATIVE, though they are the closest things to each other politically. The same way CONGRESSMAN (out for himself) does not equal STATESMAN (out for the people). Most of these guys are politicians out for their own power. Hopefully the tea party freshmen will be more like statesmen and we will get enough next go round to shift the power from the politicians to the statesmen.
Report Post »Templar Knight
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 1:00amCowards that is all the Republicans are is cowards. I hope the Tea Party candidates say otherwise on this proposal. Only 500 Billion in cuts is peanuts compared to the 6 trillion we were hoping for and told. What a bunch of bull.
Report Post »Cobra Blue
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 1:01amThanks for NOTHING Republicans. Once again you have shown you have no BALLS whatsoever. Weak, lame, pathetic politicians. Get the HELL out.
Report Post »Peace
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 1:02amNot one of the government officials should get paid until the there is a balanced budget.
This is how business works.
Report Post »slorndag
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 1:05amHow many more abortions will our tax-dollars have to fund before they even get around to talking about it again?
Report Post »Smith523
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 1:07amThey caved in for…..abortions? All though no matter what they do…the GOP will always be “wrong”. This shutdown would have effected me and my family (I am military) but I support the shutdown even though I would not have been paid, because our debt is out of control. The GOP should have stood by the reason they were given a second chance in November 2010. The truth to the matter is the the Dem/White House failed to do their job last October and continued to fail through the first of the year when the budget should of have been passed, but nope they have effectively used piss poor leadership to their advantage. I retire soon, and I can not WAIT until I finally get my voice back!!
Report Post »Cobra Blue
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 1:07amHey Showtime
You need a dose of reality. This ain’t politics as usual. The country is gone. you and the rest of the sheep are rearranging the deck chairs while the Titanic is sinking, Politicians just love followers like you.
Report Post »independentvoteril
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 1:14amI can’t find anything about what is in the bill.. however a few of the freshmen aren’t as happy as they want us to believe.. I doubt if they pulled the funds for Planned Parenthood.. they might have gotten a cut but that would be it.. ON the up side they seem to have made progress on the internet problem.. lets face it the new guys have only been in for 4 months.. most places give you at least 6 to learn the job.. however… IF you don’t like what they did the 15th is coming.. let them know.. I have to see what went down to see if I am angry or really angry.. remember while the freshmen are learning so are the old boys.. they are learning to listen to the freshmen and the people.. they have been allowed to sell out for to long and have to learn WE the PEOPLE have been taken advantage of to long and they better get some b****.. we vote the media doesn’t.. BTW they did get a cut in foreign aid I beleive..
Report Post »WhiteFang
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 1:21amThe quest for power is even more important than the accumulation of money to those who want to lead others.
Report Post »Even if a population elects a new and honest politician, it is not long before they get “educated” to the perks that fly their direction.
Psalms 146:3 tells us “Do not put YOUR trust in nobles, Nor in the son of earthling man, to whom no salvation belongs.”
ak
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 1:24amGOP just lost its nerve in a stand off. Now opposition knows you will blink first. All the win of 2010, House majority is wasted now. Nothing will be achieved in this term. There is not going to be any 500 or 200 or 100 billion cuts in future. If they cannot hold their nerve on an abortion funding issue with 60/70 % support, how will they fight the tough ones on health care with just over 50 % support and social security where it will need risking ones reelection. Where the cuts will come from other wise? Democrats made their support base happy and will leave GOP alone to fight for the unpopular cuts. How a negotiator can think that they can give once and will not have to give again. Why do they not just listen to Gov Palin and defer to her in all negotiations?
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 1:38amRead this by Juan Williams. There are things that the TEA Party does not understand.
Report Post »http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2011/04/07/juan-williams-tea-party-powerful-player-budget-government-shutdown-fight-mean/?intcmp=obnetwork
A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 2:07am@Showtime,
“Read this by Juan Williams. There are things that the TEA Party does not understand.”
All that really needs to be done is to respond to the Dem’s objections.
A lot of the waste that comes from Marxist principles were sold to the Americans as good for the collective, so of course they’re going to call them “social issues”.
Abortion is murder, so not only is it economically wasteful and it decreases the number of potential entrepreneurs who might help the private sector create jobs – BUT IT KILLS HUMANS as well.
Obamacare is unConstitutional, for one, so any funding for it is going to be as well.
We didn’t need to be concerned about most government workers losing their jobs, because government work is not to be a career move – government work is supposed to be insecure BY DESIGN – “consent of the governed” means that the government grows and shrinks (people gain and lose government work) according to OUR consent.
DO NOT FEEL SORRY FOR PUBLIC SECTOR WORKERS LOSING THEIR JOBS, because there’s not supposed to be that many of them, anyway. The need to fight for our Constitutionally recognized individual rights in the private sector like the rest of us.
If it’s a perception problem the Repugs are worried about, they can easily be answered.
Report Post »chexfive
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 2:08amShastaDiane1,
” I guess I missed something, because you all sound like the the Repub. sold out, and I just heard Karl Rove say it was a victory for Boehner…so what’s the deal.. ”
Well the first problem is why would you ever listen to a republican progressive war monger like Carl Rove? Member he was part of the previous admin that go the huge debts rolling?
I don’t get it, people want a change and still trust people that got us in this position, on both sides of the isle. Carl Rove has never shown me anything but a slick willie salesman that thinks he is the smartest man in the room, sorta like Obummer.
Report Post »I Love Section 8 Housing
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 2:11amcave into what? you share this country with a bunch of other people and everyone doesn’t want the same thing. you should expect compromise. or you should move to a more totalitarian country because in america, we compromise COMMIE
Report Post »Dale
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 2:11am@show;
Juan Williams seldom gets anything right – especially regarding republicans, and especially the Tea Party.
Report Post »thepatriotdave
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 2:19amWhy is it the left, that practically invented the term “LESS IS MORE”, suddenly want MORE – MORE- MORE? Heck, you don’t have to answer that, I have at least a handfull of good reasons why they do what they do. My number one choice is… they hate America.
It sounds like the Republican spine turned to Jello again. When will the GOP learn their lesson?
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chexfive
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 2:20amA Doctors Labor Is Not My Right,
Even though I sorta don’t ever agree with Juan because he seems to trusting, and too easily misled, he is on to something here, the republicans need to start holding conventions where they explain things in detail so that people don’t just hear the “ Hate ” sound bytes coming from the progressive rottweilers.
This is what we are missing on every crucial issue and in every election, the details and the well thought out common sense results from the legislation, reform or cuts.
You would think with the money behind both parties, each would have a 24/7 channel to promote the good ideas, but the thing is, the more media there is, the less details we seem to get on things because the devil is in the details and the details cannot be revealed until the agenda is passed, by the way, when did this start being the norm. These politico’s did it once and got away with it, now it seems to be the norm.
I would think the American People might want to see this budget for a week or two so we know what the hell is going on. It is like we don’t matter or exist anymore, and this can be tallied up in 4 short words, and this has been the problem for a few years now. Americans get no respect, and this more than anything is what is driving Americans into angry mobs. We’re tired of the Mr. & Mrs. Snobgrass running the houses, where we are basically under the kings rule again.
Report Post »Mee the People
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 2:30amlib medias give credit to obummer, he was on vacation LMAO
Report Post »I Love Section 8 Housing
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 2:44amyou act like the republicans caved even though they got all they asked for. what is enough for you? forcing the whole country to live the way you want people to live?
until you repubs are willing to make significant cuts to defense, ss or medicare then it’s all gonna be small potatoes. or you could pay more taxes. i don’t mind paying taxes. i like what i get in return. you church people are greedy. everyone knows church people don’t tip.
Report Post »godlovinmom
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 2:45amI am so bummed…just heard the news that they reached a deal…I purposely left my tv off today to avoid hearing this…I think I’ll leave it off until 2012…I prayed the republicans would stay strong…but guess not!
Report Post »matty161
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 2:46amThis guy below you says conservatives, those weren’t conservatives or Tea party people those were the hard staunch republicans. Mr Boehner, when you up for reelection you better not look behind you. I sorry but you dont have a spine and sorry you wont be the speaker much longer. It is too bad that on both sides of the aisle that we don’t have people that will do the right thing. If you rely on the government I am sorry. You have fell into a trap that you are not gonna get out of unless you decide that you want to better yourself. That was what most of this was about. Come 2012, alot of these people gone. John McCain would have been gone but no one supported the challenger. So pretty soon everyone will have their eyes open but we hope sooner than later.
Report Post »matty161
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 2:49amThank God for people like Rush Limbaugh and Mark Levin. They can see the writing on the wall and hope help those who cant recognize or interpret what is going to happen. Wake up america and stop drinking the Kool Aid. I would hate for it to come where as soon as no one has a job or paycheck that it comes down to that before everyone smell the manure. God bless us all and God Bless America.
Report Post »AmeriCat
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 4:58amBoehner is a truly honorable, nice guy.
Report Post »But, when you’re dealing with Socialists, Marxists, Communists, and Radical Muslims,
…..nice guys without a coordinated plan finish last.
Polwatcher
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 6:29amBoehner and the Repub leadership were a major disappointment, as usual. Their message to the public was very shaky and unintelligible during the negotiation while the Dems had a direct and clear message to their loons. When will the Repubs learn how to communicate properly, think ahead, and stand firm. They looked scared and appeared to be “winging it” while the Dems looked like they had a plan.
Thank heaven that Boehner didn’t cry.
Report Post »US Citizen
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 6:33amThis so-called ‘historic budget cut’ that our legislators are so proud of amounts to someone with $10,000 in credit card debt cutting $27.50.
Report Post »BuckOfama
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 6:42amCowards…..
Report Post »Scotty V
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 6:48am39 billion = the most cut by feds ever
Report Post »7 trillion = hightest deficit ever and climbing
Those two numbers aren’t close, not by any stretch of the imagination. How can Boener believe this is the best he can do? I guess the House vote shows it all. Only 28 repubs voted against. It is unacceptable that we vote them in and they cave to whatever pressure is put upon them. PATHETIC.
decendentof56
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 7:02amIt’s good to talk here, but……………..
Report Post »Get to a Tea Party meeting and get involved!
We have TWO members running for state office here in South Jersey that have just completed the 13 week Constitution Course. They are very Conservative and will abide by the Constitution.
Aegis
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 7:03amWe can’t expect to get the whole pie at once. As long as they keep chipping away at the spending for the long run is more realistic but we have to continue to hold their feet to the fire! It’s taken the progressives about 100 years to get us to this point it will take probably that long for Tea Party Conservatives to change the culture in D. C..
Report Post »orcainohio
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 7:31amJB has done a great job . Not only did he get real cuts in this budget froma dem controled senate that insisted it was dead on arival and president caved in signing another Cr ,that he said he wouldn’t do. Plus now Ried agreed to have a vote on the repeal of the obama care . I am glad that JB has prevented a shut down in our goverment.Our military at three wars should not have to worry about thier dependents not having funds for rent food ext. JB is the speaker of the house , not the new King ,he has to work within its limits . As the new house works at reining in this bloated government. We must seek and fund new senators who will help Jb in this fight to restore America to a consitutional government.
Report Post »CygnusX
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 7:59amThis is deplorable. Mr. Boehner, THIS IS NOT WHY YOU WERE ELECTED SPEAKER. Why do I have to pay for Planned Parenthood and cowboy poetry. Let them make it on their own merits. What spending cuts did you get? Obviously not the frivolous, unnecessary pet projects.
Report Post »Uncle Sambo
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 8:03am$h1t; now seniors can look forward to having their savings and pensions ripped of by inflation. Thanks a lot Beaner you worthless jerk.
Report Post »Uncle Sambo
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 8:35am@orcainohio
“Plus now Ried agreed to have a vote on the repeal of the obama care.”
Big deal. Even if passed the Senate. The N-Word & Chief would veto it.
“I am glad that JB has prevented a shut down in our goverment.”
Oh, great more f—— compromise. I suppose you think it is OK to steal from the people by means of inflation and the printing press. To save your beloved slut known as america you must cut up her credit cards. If the People riot over rapidly rising food and energy prices you deserve what you get.
“Our military at three wars should not have to worry about thier dependents not having funds for rent food ext.”
Our military should go on strike and tell the N-Word and Chief to fly his own sorties into Libya.
Report Post »Stuck_in_CA
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 8:37amAlthough this article does not mention it, I read where the DC Voucher program AND Abortion ban ARE in this CR. If so, that’s a good thing.
Report Post »leftcoastslut
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 8:39amwe need to start diggin the dirt and impeach or recall every dirt bag in d.c.
and we sit and wait…. what are we waiting for?
Report Post »StonyBurk
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 8:54amAnd we are supposed to celebrate What? the sustained big government? The caving of the Republicans? the continued use of taxpayer funding to make Harry Reid and the Democrats sleep better at night knowing they can continue disposing of the human weeds unfit for their society -their post modern Taney Court decision (Roe V.Wade) unlike the Mojave Desert Cross Memorial has survived.What was we supposed to celebrate? That the threat to not pay our Military or the usual deadlines and committments something other than the american people seems to have won out.
Report Post »boomboom
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 9:01amthe Whore Boehner WILL be turned out in the next primary.
Report Post »(You’re DONE Boehner, you Lying Whore.)
Viva la Tea Party!
ConsiderThis
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 9:13am“Sunshine” is already claiming victory and now I guess he’ll be off to the links to take a ride on an eco-friendly vehicle.
Report Post »Roll on 2012!
NancyBee
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 9:20amPraying
Report Post »ConsiderThis
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 9:34amI used the term, “Sunshine” without thinking. My apologies to anyone who might have been offended.
Report Post »restorehope
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 9:36amThe Dems taking any credit for this is ludicrous. They put their evil spin on any situation regardless if it is the truth or not. They are the ones that didn’t want any cuts at all. They wanted to spend even more. Where are the conservatives in rebutting any of this nonsense? The only ones out there bragging are the bad guys.
Report Post »Sgt.Crust
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 9:47amAhh geeze Wally, $500 billion in ten years?? What a farce, looks like we’re gonna have to vote a LOT of people out now! What’s it going to take to get serious about saving our nation? Kick ALL of these bums out, they have no idea what they are doing, and it will come down to survival of the fittest very soon, this is no longer about left, center or right, this is about our survival as a nation – and these pols just don;t get it. It’s really too bad, but no one has thought about the great silent majority in all of this, and we will not stand by much longer watching the debacle continue.
Report Post »gman46
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 10:19amAll though disappointing, what did we expect? We, the people, only have one out of three parts of Government. We can’t do much with Obama and a Democratic Senate, even if they shut down the Government. I’m not happy this happened but the fight has only begun, it’s going to take years to get it back tow here we want it. Just don‘t focus on the one battle let’s focus on the War.
Report Post »A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 10:23am@ I Love Section 8 Housing,
“cave into what? you share this country with a bunch of other people and everyone doesn’t want the same thing. you should expect compromise. or you should move to a more totalitarian country because in america, we compromise COMMIE”
I live with a bunch of other people under a Constitutional Republic – NOT A DEMOCRACY – and so I SHOULD NOT expect compromise on adherence to the Constitution.
If you would rather live in a Democracy, which DOESN’T permit freedom and inalienable rights, then YOU go to another country, because in America, the Constitution is what we all agree on, MARXIST.
Report Post »ForgivenWretch
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 10:38am@ SHOWTIME
I agree. Boehner took the Dems from their proposal of no cuts to 38 billion. The man worked hard especially when being locked away with those two clowns Reid and Barry. He was the only adult in the room. We need to get Boehner more troops. There are many great Tea Party favs running this time around. I think Boehner did not take this lightly and probably isn’t completely happy with the out come either. I trust the man……that he did what he could and will continue to fight against the Progressive machine.
The need to raise the debt ceiling is proof the we are in trouble. I don’t think this has escaped him.
Report Post »dawg of gawd
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 10:42amSlip sliding away . . . slip sliding away . . . you know the nearer your destination the more you;re slip sliding away.
Have a GREAT weekend, everyone!
Report Post »A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 10:45am@ I Love Section 8 Housing,
“you act like the republicans caved even though they got all they asked for. what is enough for you? forcing the whole country to live the way you want people to live?”
The supreme law of the land is our Constitution, so yes, we expect the whole country to live under it, and we expect our elected officials to actually adhere to the Constitution WHICH THEY SWORE AN OATH TO UPHOLD.
“until you repubs are willing to make significant cuts to defense, ss or medicare then it’s all gonna be small potatoes.”
Agreed. SS and Medicare is unConstitutional for the same reason Obamacare is.
And while defense spending is Constitutional, we do need significant cuts. And we can start with getting out of the unConstitutional war in Libya, along with getting us the hell out of the UN.
“or you could pay more taxes. i don’t mind paying taxes. i like what i get in return. you church people are greedy. everyone knows church people don’t tip.”
I like paying Constitutional taxes, also. The problem is that after the first tax on created wealth, anything after that cannot be called a tax; Maybe you can call them fees, duties, etc., but if you’re calling it a second “tax”, then that’s actualy THEFT, and is unConstitutional.
And then any “taxes” used for Marxist principles, such as the redistribution of wealth (SS, Medicare, etc.), are actually unConstitutional because it violates individual rights – I pay taxes for ME (“no taxation without representation”), and so if I’m not benefitting from my taxes in the same way as everyone else, it’s not Constitutional.
It’s not greedy to spend my money how I like – that’s not the definition of greedy. If I go to a restaurant, I pay for what’s on the menu; if the employees aren’t being paid what they agreed to be paid, I want to know so I can stop supporting that business.
Report Post »dawg of gawd
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 10:59amMaybe you should storm the capitol, hold a sit-in, demand accountability, assign the shame that Republicans deserve for abandoning the will of the people.
Report Post »dawg of gawd
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 11:01amDRPHIL . . .
Liberalism triumphs. Women, children and minorities SURVIVE!
Be prepared, for America to once again be that shinning city on a hill. Yes, with the Tea party put back in their rightful place (at the back of the crazy bus) America can once again return to her destiny of greatness.
Report Post »dawg of gawd
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 11:04amHome of hte Brave . . . Not sure yup understand what’s going on. None of those things you mentioned happened. Sure, you tried to make them happen, but the Democrats kept the dream alive, kept our military paychecks going, and pushed this great nation forward another inch despite the obstacle course conservatives seem to be so fascinated with.
Report Post »dawg of gawd
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 11:06amOnce again, Obama plays Republicans the same way he plays the idiot birthers, like a cheap fiddle. It’s quite delicious and amusing to watch. I enjoy it, a lot, don’t you?
Report Post »dawg of gawd
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 11:07amAnd us with no Glenn beck to lead us out of slavery and into the Promised Land. What WILL we do? Oh, sweet Jesus, what WILL we do?
Report Post »Sgt.Crust
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 11:12amWhat is it going to take to get a balanced budget and close down these socialized programs, blood on the streets? these clowns in DC have no idea how mad people are right now, no freaking idea! The next battles loom, debt ceiling and 2012 budget, if they blow this one, the tinderbox may explode. I am not fomenting or pushing for any violence here, just observing the social mood, and it is not pretty…then you throw in Piven, Jones, Trumpka, Stern and the rest of the communist loons, this country seems to be headed for dire times – you better be prepared YESTERDAY people, this will not stand!
Report Post »Polwatcher
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 12:26pmI hear the Repub spin machine telling us that we will do better in the fall. Baloney! If you put losers up in front that don’t know what to say to the public, then you will lose. We don’t have any chance of getting anything in the fall because Boehner will give it away again, especially when he has no real leverage, just before Christmas.
Report Post »MCAinSTL
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 5:54pmWe lost…….that’s all there is to it. The Dems are commies, the GOP are commie lite, and we won’t vote third party en masse, so we lost, and will always lose. I will from now vote Libertarian, screw the Republicans!
Report Post »TSUNAMI-22
Posted on April 10, 2011 at 12:19pm@ I Love Section 8 Housing
i don’t mind paying taxes. i like what i get in return.
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This HAS to be one of the most moronic things I have ever heard. Here’s a concept that might hurt your brain……..the reason you even got a return is because the government was kind enough to overtax you, govt. kept your money all year when you could have had it, govt. made interest on it instead of you, and then then govt. gives some back to make you think you got something for free.
Losing….DUH
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