If solving the debt is a marathon, this bill moved us ten feet forward. Maybe.
This deal is a Ramadan gift to Obama from McConnell and Boehner. Disgusting.
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Source on the GOP call says no one on the conference call so far is opposed
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From a House GOPer: “GOP has surrendered on (eliminating) health care law...revenue and Medicaid is walled off in sequestration.”
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“If the Super Committee fails to pass a balanced deal, President Obama will be able to veto an extension of the Bush tax cuts, which expire on the same day the mandatory spending cuts will go into effect.”
So the “mandatory spending cuts” don’t even start until Jan. 1, 2013.
The Democratic line is that without raising the debt limit, we will continue to face crisis in the future.
If I run up my credit card to beyond my ability to pay, increasing my credit limit doesn’t lessen the amount of effort it takes to balance my budget. The tough tasks in deciding what to reduce are increased in magnitude and number.
The really scarey thing is that most liberals really, truly, believe that the debt will never be paid off, nor will they ever be made accountable to answer for it, so they really don’t understand or value any reason to address the issue.
Really Boehner? 98%? Did they repeal 98% of Obamacare? Coward.
Serious question: Is there something else going on with him that nobody’s telling us (some kind of personal “issue”)?
This is beyond bizarre.
I am done with the GOP
GOP.. I mean conservatives got nothing in this deal as far I have know.
1. Debt ceiling raises pst next election (BAD)
2. No real spending cuts (BAD)
3. Debt Commission/SuperCongress will be able to recommend tax hikes and if Congress doesn’t they slash defense and medicare - giving Congress cover to raise taxes(BAD) (not to mention Constitutionally questionable)
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So.... what did we get from this deal??
We came in with a new congress and get this Turd as speaker,How in the hell did this happen? It had to be planned to control the Conservative Reps,Infuriating!
No, this may be true. Remember what the GOP wants and what Americans want aren’t the same.
Here’s hoping it gets voted down, Bonehead is a socialist asshole!
This agreement reflects basic framework of the Budget Control Act. I will wait and get clarification from the CBO score, however at this time I believe this is a good plan for the American people. There aren't any tax hikes and there isn't a clean raising of the debt limit. It is focused on real spending cuts of the federal government with draconian stop-gap measures to ensure we enact those spending cuts. A balanced budget amendment to the states is also a part of the agreement, which is a huge victory for Americans.
this deal should be canned.
Senator Russ Johnson (R-WI) sounded quite negative, and he’s not a total Tea Partier. If he doesn’t like it, I’m thinking it’s a bad deal
Give or take 98%.
Seriously though, Boehner and the GOP caucus did get what they wanted. They made it clear from day one that the main thing they were after was a two to three TRILLION dollar increase in their ability to borrow and spend, same as Obama. All the bickering has only been over who gets what political cover.
I'm thinking that they aren't realizing that in fact, though, to every American with a brain and eyeballs, they are ALL standing buck naked.
Shoot, I'm even hearing the usually politically ignorant pronouncing a pox on both their houses in the coffee shops.
I sent a “VOTE NO!” email to my rep already.
Doesn’t Boehner drink?
Doesn’t Boehner think of Pelosi as a friend?
Don’t we think Boehner should be replaced as Speaker?