Just like Ronnie Reagan had said, "A single photo is worth a thousands Denials"
Posted on 12/11/2014 11:53:14 AM PST by Servant of the Cross
Updated 2:30 p.m. | Unsure whether they have the votes to pass a trillion-dollar federal spending package, House GOP leaders on Thursday afternoon delayed a final vote on the “cromnibus.”
They did so with mere hours to go until the government is set to run out of funding, and just before the House was scheduled to vote.
GOP leaders called a recess to floor proceedings, with a GOP leadership aide confirming “no conference meeting [is] planned at this time.” The aide said “leadership teams are still talking to their respective members,” and noted, “We still plan to vote this afternoon.”
It’s not clear, however, what they will be voting on.
If Republicans can’t surmont the impasse, they could decide to proceed with swiftly moving a short-term continuing resolution through the chamber, which the Senate could also pass before 11:59 p.m., when current funding expires.
In doing so, they would be throwing away months of hard-fought negotiations between appropriators and dashing dreams of a return to regular order when the GOP takes control of all of Capitol Hill in the new year.
But House GOP leadership may have few other options. After barely winning a procedural vote to bring the spending bill to the floor for full debate and consideration, they realized they were in peril of not having enough votes for passage. Too many Republicans were prepared to vote “no” because the Feb. 27 sunset date for Department of Homeland Security funding was not enough to pacify concerns the cromnibus contained no language to explicitly bar President Barack Obama from implementing his immigration executive orders.
Hopes that Democrats would be able to make up for the short-fall have also dimmed as the minority party fought back “poison-pill” policy riders rolling back the financial regulatory overhaul laws from the Dodd-Frank Act and loosening some campaign finance rules.
Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., defied the White House’s call to pass the cromnibus during a scathing floor speech, in which she said she was “enormously disappointed” with the administration. Republican aides told CQ Roll Call that part of the reason for the recess was to give Minority Whip Steny H. Hoyer a chance to whip votes on the Democratic side. A Hoyer aide denied this was the cause, saying House Democratic leadership is not whipping votes one way or another.
House Democratic sources said the White House might be making the rounds to members to find some support.
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Obama Backs Cromnibus
http://blogs.rollcall.com/white-house/obama-backs-cromnibus/
“... he noted that it does not undo Obamacare, does not stop the president’s executive action on immigration, or curtail his sweeping climate change agenda, among other items.”
Duh! Just what we’ve been saying LOL!
Yup! Ain’t the House leadership a hoot?
Here ya go Obama, we validate you.
Call Your Reps, Now!!
800-971-7441
1) Dial the toll-free number above.
2) When connected, enter your 5-digit zip code, and you’ll be connected to your Reps office.
Most of them are not answering/have full mailboxes/whatever...if so, call their district and your state GOP offices.
All the Pubbie Reps staff are saying they voted Yea, just to bring this (monstrosity) to the floor. Tell them we didn’t want it on the floor, we want it in the TRASH!
NumbersUSA is keeping a scorecard of the votes on this stink sandwich...tell them that, too. Not that they care....they’ve given themselves some nice campaign funding, if it passes.
Classic photo.
Example of a picture worth MUCH more than a thousand words!
bump
“They could pass a clean CR for 3 months and give themselves reasonable time to complete a thoughtful budget that everyone could read”
Entirely possible this was the plan all along.
CAPITAL SWITCHBOARD: 1-800-826-3688
This is what happens when the GOP doesn’t run a midterm election on the issues. Without a mandate Nancy Boehner is in no-man’s land with his base, his cronies, or the opposition.
A real fuster cluck.
CR until the GOP can take the crap out of this bill.
Obama and Boner on the same side. Pelosi aligned with Conservatives against the bill. LoL.
This is beyond a s*** sandwich, to use Speaker Spray Tan's vernacular.
I’ve called mt Rep’s local district office and DC Office before noon. So far the only part of the bill I like is Sun-setting DHS. That’s an excellent idea. The department itself was a bad idea to start with that’s gotten way out of hand just as many of us predicted would happen. A new Federal Agency is never a good idea. Especially in these times.
Hey gop .... DON'T embrace the suck!
I hope the bill fails anmd is passed to the new congress, but I suspect they (GOP) will cave
And it damn sure ain't Obama!
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