Posted on 02/28/2011 1:13:18 PM PST by 92nina
Is the Democrat fixation on failure finally coming to an end?
That's what some may be thinking as Democrats in Congress respond to the introduction of a new stop-gap funding measure by House Republicans last week. After refusing to debate the long-term CR passed by the House last Saturday, Senate Democrats spent last week demagoguing the package, attempting once again to forestall a comprehensive budget plan for the 2011 fiscal year. However, after refusing to pass a budget last year, forcing the government to operate on stop-gap funds and continuing to clamor for higher spending, Democrats have intimated the short-term measure is an acceptable funding mechanism forthe next two weeks.
The Republican CR will allow for two more weeks before Congress is once again faced with the decision on how to spend tax dollars for the remainder of the 2011 Fiscal Year, which ends September 30. The package would cut spending by over $4 billion, including many rescissions called for in the President’s budget released earlier this month. The bill also eliminates over $2.5 billion in wasteful earmarks, a practice both the White House and lawmakers on both side of the aisle have agreed to end...
Read more: http://www.atr.org/whos-afraid-government-shutdown-a5894#ixzz1FHz4Kczg
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Where is Obama? Has he quit coming to work?
Fill the bill with massive spending cuts and then let the dems veto it, resulting in a government shutdown.
If they do not support the spending cuts, this can be used against them in the 2012 campaign along with the passage of Obamacare.
Hoist them on their own petard.
the dem is more afraid of a shut down than the gop base, because their entire existance is dependant on using tax dollars to fund their pet cause
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