Absolutely true!
We had the votes in the House, if only Boehner & Cantor & the spineless Repukes would have exercised it. There were 2 CR's (Continuing Resolutions) in Dec 2010 and April 2011, in which the House Repubs simply kicked the can down the road to avoid dealing with increasing the debt ceiling or submitting a budget for 2012. Finally when they could not delay any further at this time, they wilted like flowers in a scorching heat, and gave 0dumb0 the crown jewels, namely a $2.4 TRILLION increase to the debt limit till after the Nov 2012 elections. Boehner, McConnell & the Repub weenies just gave the 2012 election back to 0dumb0 and to the House & Senate demoRATs, along with a $2.4 TRILLION war chest. The House will flip back to the demoRATs in 2012 and the Senate will see more DemoRATs rather than fewer.
Funding originates in the House. If Boehner & the Repubs had any balls, they should have done the following immediately 2 months ago.
All Boehner & the Repukes had to do was to set the stage right at the very beginning and to declare emphatically with no hesitation AND no compromise.....
1) Not one penny increase to the debt limit
2) Mandatory spending cuts of $1 Trillion in 2012, including defunding Odumb0Care entirely.
3) To hell with "spending cuts" that reach out for 10 years. It is totally false & bogus & will be overturned with the next socialist (and socialist lite) Congress.
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They did none of the above and instead gave 0dumb0 what he was really after, the $2.4 TRILLION increase to the debt ceiling. Now 0dumb0 can spend & bankrupt us like crazy with or without tax hikes, because he will either simply borrow more or print more money.
Boehner & the Repukes blew it in huge way. They screwed the American people who voted for the Repubs in Nov 2010, thinking that finally the Repubs would stand up and fight back against 0dumb0. So far, 0dumb0 has chewed up & spit out & shredded Boehner & the dumbass establishment Repukes & even Tea Party Repubs over & over again. What a bunch of spineless, incompetent fools. As much as I hate 0dumb0, Pelosi, Reid, Schumer, etc., I wish that we had Repukes as tenacious & deadly as these commie pig bastards. Maybe we would win some battles for a change.
“kicked the can down the road”
The can gets heavier and doesn’t go very far down the road, anymore. It’s like reverse musical chairs, neither party wants to be in the hot seat when the economy tanks.