Posted on 12/18/2015 9:06:49 AM PST by marktwain
(CNSNews.com) - The White House objects to a few Republican provisions in the omnibus $1.1-trillion spending bill, but overall, "We succeeded," White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters on Wednesday.
"So we walked into these negotiations focused on making sure that Republicans would not succeed in advancing their ideological agenda through the budgetary process, and I think, based on all of the solid reporting work that you have done over the last several weeks, there were a variety of attempts that Republicans undertook to try to do exactly that, and we did succeed in fighting off those efforts.
What is also true about this budget agreement, and this goes to one of the central priorities of the administration over the course of this year, is that it provides substantial funding for both our economic and national security priorities over and above the sequester.
"So, you know, we feel good about the outcome, primarily because we got a compromise budget agreement that fought off a wide variety of ideological riders, but yet ensures the priorities of that this administration has identified when it comes to investing in middle class families and protecting the country."
Earnest listed some of the White House "wins" in both the spending bill and a companion bill that extends tax breaks:
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Of course!
Whose `we`, Obama and the Islamic caliphate?
Lyin’ Ryan’s fighting strategy is to throw it into reverse.
Traitor Short List:
John Roberts
Paul Ryan
Mitch McConnell
John Boehner
The other day the MSM told us that Barry & Co. were crowing over bitch-slapping their punks, the GOP.
They must be taking the `high road’ today.
Out of control government wins!
Again.
Obama, the Democrats and the media beat the Republicans and don't even bother to be polite about it. The problem is not Speaker Ryan. There simply are not enough Republicans willing to stand up for the American people.
When push comes to shove they fold like a cheap suit.
I know I am excited about the removal of the medical device tax, aren't you? </s>
Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.)
Susan Collins (R-Maine)
Orin Hatch (R-Utah)
John Hoeven (R-N.D.
Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.)
Ron Johnson (R-Wiss.)
John McCain (R-Ariz.)
Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)
Rob Portman (R-Ohio)
Boy they got right....but guess who the losers are: The American People, the people who are working so this corrupt government can have the things they want...
We Blue Collar, working class, low to middle income Americans gets nothing!!!
And you wonder why we are angry, not to hard to see!!!
You are missing the point. We have the Uniparty, which is bought and paid for by the corporate class and special interests. There is very little resitance because both parties favor Big Government.
that’s because the GOPe gives them everything they want...effing morons...
Yes, Obama. Many in the GOP are just as crooked and rotten as you are. We know.
I’m surprised McCain voted for this. He usually pretends to be a conservative when he’s up for reelection.
Oh look, Ryan already has a legacy.
He caved to every single Obama budget demand.
Correction.
The biggest loser of this whole debacle: The Republic.
There is not one iota of basis for 99.99% of this POS farce within the Constitution.
We the People and, especially the taxpayers, follow closely behind.
They are all like pigs frantically snuggling up to a trough full of money, because they know it is eventually going to run dry.
Get what they can, while they can.
And when it is all gone, and we live in squalor and discomfort, none of them are going to miss a meal or a Happy Hour.
May they all rot in Hell. All of them.
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