Posted on 11/06/2014 12:56:30 PM PST by thetallguy24
Just days after their historic midterm victories, the Republican congressional leadership is sending out signals to the caucus that infighting and gridlock will not be tolerated.
According to Politico, incoming Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has suggested he will not go along with conservative calls to use the debt ceiling as leverage for spending cuts, an insistence by tea party members which triggered the government shutdown last year.
"Emboldened by sweeping midterm election victories, Republican leaders are vowing not to repeat the errors of past years, when messy fiscal fights eroded public confidence in Washington and became the hallmark of the GOP-controlled House," Politico said.
McConnell has already vowed that there will not be a government shutdown on his watch.
And in his victory speech Tuesday night, he made it clear he would also be extending the olive branch to President Barack Obama, saying the GOP has a "duty" to work with the White House on issues they agree on.
"I'm pretty familiar with our conference including the new members who are coming in," McConnell said, according to Politico. "The vast majority of them don't feel they were sent to Washington to fight all the time."
House Speaker John Boehner is telling colleagues he plans to be a "responsible leader," and that the party needs to be unified to take advantage of its political dominance, Politico reported.
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This is why McConnell is not qualified to be leader.
He is too divisive and polarizing within his own patty when a united front is needed.
Vote Republican....!!!!
why?
Read the [sarc] at the end
” “I’m pretty familiar with our conference including the new members who are coming in,” McConnell said, according to Politico. “The vast majority of them don’t feel they were sent to Washington to fight all the time.”
Mitch, you LIE!
Mitch will respond, “Do you realize I have 6 more years before I’m up for reelection?”
These A-Holes need to understand that no one voted FOR their policies, they voted AGAINST 0bama!
Yes, kind of.
Cruz doesn’t want to be Leader.
But it does stop with McConnell recusing himself.
Looks like Mitchy and the GOPe are playing footsie with the communists at politico.
Tell that scarecrow that without the Tea Party and similar patriots his precious majority seat would be warmed again by Harry’s scrawny booty. Ungrateful dipwad.
Doesn't look like they're going to let them. The establishment would rather go down in flames than give the Tea Party credit for anything.
And the people will be looking for the Senators who voted against their will.
We hae an election to straighten this sh!t out and the GOP "leadership" damn well better respect it.
As long as the Republicans don’t forget how to spell I-M-P-E-A-C-H-M-E-N-T.
Because you’ll get flamed on FR if you don’t. Over the last few days I’ve been called idiot, stupid, liberal, murder. I’ve been told “Hillary Clinton, Harry Reid, Obama, et el thanks you.” Here we are. Two days out and they’re already doing what I said they would do.
He can't say the same about his Democrat "colleagues."
We’ve only begun to fight.
They’ll realize it, a couple days before election day.
So Uniparty Leader Mitch declares war.
Surprise, surprise, surprise. Not.
Replace McConnell with Cruz.
Replace Boehner with Gowdy.
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