McConnell is feeling the primary heat. You know in his heart of hearts he wants this budget deal but he doesn't want to give Bevin any traction.
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Posted on 12/14/2013 5:18:36 AM PST by cotton1706
Despite the fact that the Ryan-Murray budget deal passed with overwhelming support from House Republicans, surprisingly, it hangs in the balance in the Senate. Much of the robust showing in the House was a result of Congressman Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) strong influence on budgetary issues.
However, in the Senate, many of its members are facing tough primary challenges, and they are looking beyond the personalities. Even some of the most moderate Republican members like Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Bob Corker (R-TN) have announced their opposition to this deal. After all, the House-passed bill will repeal hard-fought spending cuts and replace them with tax increases and notional spending offsets.
Consequently, this bill is not a done deal in the Senate. Even if every Democrat votes for the bill, which is not a safe assumption, no Republican aside for Senator John McCain (R-AZ) has committed to supporting it. It’s not clear how Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) will find at least five Republicans to support the bill.
So where is the Republican leader? Where is Senator Mitch McConnell? As the highest ranking Republican in the Senate, this is the quintessential moment for him to assert his power and influence and speak with conviction against this rotten deal. With the outcome of the bill hanging in the balance, and so many members on the fence, now is the time when McConnell can affect the outcome.
His silence is especially jarring given his emphatic statements during the battle over defunding Obamacare on the need to keep the sequester cuts. He was unwilling to fight Obamacare, but claimed to fully support keeping the sequester cuts. Well, now that the sequester cuts are about to be partially repealed, but it can still be blocked in the Senate, McConnell needs to step up to the plate.
(Excerpt) Read more at madisonproject.com ...
Conservatives are starving for new leadership. We are sick of those who play an insiders’ game of ‘hope yes, and vote no’ with bad legislation. If Senator McConnell really opposes this bill he should speak out forcefully now and whip against it all weekend. That is the job of a Republican opposition leader. If he really supports it he should be man enough to vote for it."
Piubie rinos were compromised with these traitors who are really rats in rino clothing
Looking at being “Primaried”, I suspect ol’ Mitch is terrified to open his mouth. He will lose his membership in the DC Club or reveal his lack of Conservative beliefs.
and there’s plenty to speak about. Printing a trillion dollars a year to buy treasures and help fund the government is insanity. Yet the silence from GOPe is deafening on this as well. Instead they attack conservatives.
Support Matt Bevin to oust Mitch McConnell in KY
the Kentucky state legislation needs to recall this guy.
what do you mean they can’t?
who is he representing?
Just "deem" the bill passed as you did with Obamacare.
McConnell should still be primaried based on his age alone. The guy's in his mid-70s and also has been in Congress since the 1970s. It's time for him to retire.
It’s a sad commentary on American politics that people believe what politicians say and what their last vote was. There are politicians who load bills up with pork, then vote against them. There are politicians who will say anything to get elected, then vote the straight party line (DEM or GOPe). Politicians love “grand bargains” that everyone outside of DC detests. Leaders are anything other than leaders. I hate the political class of all stripes. They have no practical experience and don’t care how their legislative victories affect all Americans. The executive branch can now stack the courts with unqualified dopes so that their laws and regulations can’t be challenged. Washington has succeeded in destroying the American dream.
You will be waiting a long time if you expect McConnell to do the right thing. I hope those “conservative” Republicans who voted for the bill in the House understand they are on a weak limb now that is being sawed right out from under them. How could they not be smart enough to understand that before making such a bad vote?
Is Mitch McConnell really there? He just disappears for extended periods of time. Is he really there?
The reports are the Republicans in the House did not confer (stiffed McConnell) with the Republicans in the Senate on this kick the can down the road optical expenduture reduction illusion legislation.
It looks like Ryan left that up to the socialist broad he was confering with to do that.A guy who might have been in the know or should have been is Ron Johnson a member of the Wisconsin delegation. But that House delegation voted to support Ryan.. While some of them are no surprize, Duffy for one, Wisconsinites expressed dissapointment with Sensenbrenner.
The mindset seems to be as long as government expendutures do not exceed 75% of the GNP the GOPES gop elite snobs of which Ryan is one (btw he interned under Boener) convinced the squishies working with the communists growing government is good.
Mitch will hide until it’s passed then claim he fought passage at every turn. He is worm poop.
He doesn’t want Boehner to yell at him.
The turd-le only comes out of his shell to take bribes.
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