Posted on 09/10/2014 10:15:20 PM PDT by Olog-hai
The tea party may have learned its lesson.
As Congress finishes work on a must-pass spending bill set for votes next week, the most conservative lawmakers on Capitol Hill are eager to send a message on immigration, and stand firm against a government lending bank.
But a year after they forced a 16-day partial government shutdown over President Barack Obama’s health care law, few seem to have the stomach to push their demands that far again.
“No question we learned that with the aid of the news media the Democrats were able to pin the blame on us” for last year’s shutdown, said conservative Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Ala. This time around, Brooks said, “We need to pass whatever funding necessary to prevent a government shutdown, first and foremost.” …
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The GOP didn’t learn their damn lesson. Listen to the people who USED TO vote for you not the Brown Shirt Media!
I had to see what article author Erica looks like.
She looks really smart ...
“I had to see what article author Erica looks like.”
More like Chelsea at her worst.
Play nice and you lose to the RINO you are trying to defeat!
TN US Senator lamar alexander RINO, 2 terms and out so much for being a double oath breaker, pulled a McDaniel’s on his GOP conservative opponent State Rep Joe Carr who nearly took 50% of the primary vote, would of won if not McDanielized, by the elite blue blood RINO GOP. Who prefer RINOS to conservatives.
Lie. Harry Reid forced the shutdown by refusing to bring House-passed spending bills to the Senate floor.
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