Posted on 01/13/2011 9:42:24 AM PST by chickadee
While Speaker John Boehner called for a “free exchange of ideas” today on the House floor, the truth is nothing is likely to pass this week or ever. The only piece of legislation the House will consider this week is a resolution in support of Rep. Giffords and the shooting victims which is expected to pass by voice vote this afternoon. After that the Republicans leave on their annual retreat. The odds of the GOP agreeing to increase members' budgets in this economic climate are slim-to-none.
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Conservatives need to get on the phone and email and tell Boehner to put away his hanky and get busy with the people's work. What a timid twerp he has proven to be already.
What should congress do?
Who told Congress they had to solve every ill of the world?
I can't wait until Time is no more.
Lets get on with repealing Obamacare.
We don’t need any new laws to protect members of Congress.
I wish I shared this jackwagon's optimism.
What exactly did you want Boehner to do? Pass some gun laws?
I've said for nearly 2 decades now that the standard "liberal" reaction to any tragedy is "there ought to be a law!" to prevent it.
It's no different than superstitious primitives struggling to find the right incantation for a magic spell -- if only they can get the words just right, then everything will be perfect.
I really love your eloquence. Well said.
Congress should pass the resolution to repeal Obamacare. Congress should do any or all of the things they promised in their pre-election “Pledge to America”: cancel the balance of the unspent stimulus package, end TARP, require Congressional approval of any federal regulations that will add to the budget.
All politicians should do what they promised.
I want Boehner to get off the Giffords incident and move on to the broader agenda. Is that too much to ask?
Boner is already a huge disappointment for supporting Maria Cino for RNC chair. Cino is pro-illegal alien amnesty and a liberal. why the hell is he backing her?
Let's hope not. The only thing government can do when it comes to personal safety is "infringe" the right.
They’re going to vote on repealing Obamacare next week. I would call that “the broader agenda”.
The DNC Chair should be Reince Priebus, the guy who brought us a Republican Wisconsin from top to bottom. (Go Reince!)
Beware of sissified authors with hyphenated last names.
Boehner should take them up on it and introduce legislation making it a crime to shoot a member of congress.
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