Posted on 09/20/2013 12:35:26 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
A familiar Washington melodrama - will they or won't they shut down the government - took center stage on Friday when the Republican-controlled House of Representatives passed a bill to fund the government but only if President Barack Obama's landmark healthcare law is ransacked.
Notching its 42nd vote against Obamacare and knowing full well that the Democratic Senate will reject it, Republicans in the House cast their vote, staged a noisy celebration in front of a placard declaring "SenateMustAct," and then left town for several days to give time for the Senate to demolish its work.
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DEFUND!!!!
A “taunt”? The Republicans, even under weepy Boehner, have DONE their job by passing budgets...
The DemonRat party didn’t pass ANY budget when they had COMPLETE control of both houses of Congress, and the Senate didn’t pass one for nearly THREE years!!
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