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The DHS Funding Bill Just Failed. Now McConnell Must Decide What Kind of Leader He Is.
National Journal ^
| February 3, 2015
| Lauren Fox and Daniel Newhauser
Posted on 02/03/2015 4:42:13 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
"I have heard about 300 options, none of them so far viable." So hasn't heard one that meets his pre-determined outcome?
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posted on
02/03/2015 5:15:52 PM PST
by
MaxMax
(Pay Attention and you'll be pissed off too! FIRE BOEHNER, NOW!)
To: fella
He only has a vote to break a tie.
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posted on
02/03/2015 5:16:31 PM PST
by
MaxMax
(Pay Attention and you'll be pissed off too! FIRE BOEHNER, NOW!)
To: skeeter
“Which republicans voted against?”
Yes, Which republicans voted against? Probably both of my senators, cochran and wicker, they both want amnesty but want the cover of the obama illegal executive order.
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posted on
02/03/2015 5:20:23 PM PST
by
duffee
(Dump the Chairman of the Mississippi Republican Party, joe nosef.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
But the next step will be much harder for McConnell. He will have to recalibrate conservative wishes with the political reality: Republicans captured the majority, but they don't have the votes they need to move forward without Democrats' help. So change the rules, Mitch, just like Dingy Harry!
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posted on
02/03/2015 5:21:21 PM PST
by
Timber Rattler
(Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
To: John S Mosby
the 51 simple majority would make it the law. Period.Except, if the threshold was 51, there wouldn't be 51 GOP votes for it.
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posted on
02/03/2015 5:28:41 PM PST
by
Jim Noble
(When strong, avoid them. Attack their weaknesses. Emerge to their surprise.)
To: matthew fuller
Only problem with 51 votes is that some of those 51 are squishy Rino’s who may vote the other way.
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posted on
02/03/2015 5:29:43 PM PST
by
batterycommander
(A little more rubble, a lot less trouble.)
To: molson209
kill obozzo care, close the lawless irs before we can’t, flat tax for all,develop energy independence, no debt allowed to fed gmint....then spend the savings on military, and things the country needs, ie close the friggin border..etc...
all states mandated to have balanced budgets, all fed monies provided by states..at the states option..take all money raising from the fed..
there we are probably 1/2 way there with just a few sentences..
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posted on
02/03/2015 5:30:33 PM PST
by
aces
(Jesus Saves not Society)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
The measure would block Obama's executive action on immigration and place "Dreamers" and millions of other immigrants back at risk of deportation.A lie by the fake journalist scribbling this tripe.
Obama will NOT enforce the law, he has already said as much. So they are not at risk.
To: fella
Dont forget that the V.P. has a vote too, so if he is present 61 votes are needed for a 2/3rds majority.I believe he only votes if there is a tie.
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posted on
02/03/2015 5:34:43 PM PST
by
Maceman
To: fella
A 2/3 majority is 67, not 61.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Split the funding into smaller bills. Send over funding for popular and/or necessary things first but make sure no funding for the unconstitutional part is in any of them.
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posted on
02/03/2015 5:46:51 PM PST
by
Nateman
(If liberals are not screaming you are doing it wrong!)
To: The Toll
Lol. And that’s why I don’t play their stupid games anymore or watch their theatre.
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posted on
02/03/2015 5:57:46 PM PST
by
sheana
To: Logical me
It is not so much destroying the country, per se, as it is creating a permanent democrat voting majority that will never be overcome.
Then again, that is destroying the country, over time.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
It was a set up job. One alleged “republican” voted with the dems.
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posted on
02/03/2015 6:53:10 PM PST
by
zeugma
(The act of observing disturbs the observed.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
So now we give BO what he wants.
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posted on
02/03/2015 6:56:56 PM PST
by
TBP
(Obama lies, Granny dies.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Harry Reid passed the obamacare bill using the budget reconciliation process. That parliamentary procedure obviates the 60 vote cloture requirement and relegates it to a simple majority.
Sauce for the goose.
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posted on
02/03/2015 10:12:43 PM PST
by
Sgt_Schultze
(If a border fence isn't effective, why is there a border fence around the White House?)
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