Posted on 08/28/2008 11:17:30 PM PDT by neverdem
Democrats and Republicans have scripted their conventions as tightly as possible. But after delegates return home with buttons, badges and banners, the curtain will rise on a more unruly drama: the fall session of Congress. And it could affect the November election more than the conventions.
The House and Senate return to Washington Monday, Sept. 8. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid hope it will be a short session, ending on Sept. 26. That will allow members to go home and campaign, not to return until after Election Day. Good luck.
Congress hasn't yet passed any one of the 12 appropriations bills needed to fund the government when the new fiscal year begins Oct. 1. And Congress isn't likely to pass them through both houses and get them to the president before leaving town.
The goal here for Mr. Reid and Mrs. Pelosi is to delay passing a budget until the next president is inaugurated. If the Democrats get their wish and sweep the November elections, Barack Obama's swearing-in ceremony will mark the opening of the spending floodgates.
Before they get there, however, this Congress must first pass stopgap legislation that will pay the federal government's bills for the next few months. Usually, that is done with a "continuing resolution," a bill that simply funds the government at its current level for a short period of time.
But a continuing resolution is fraught with political problems for Democrats. Members, desperate for their election-year pork-barrel spending, could band together and threaten to withhold support if their earmarks are not inserted into spending bills. If that happens, say goodbye to Democratic claims of fiscal responsibility.
Another problem is oil. There is a congressional ban on drilling on the outer continental shelf that will expire on Oct. 1, if...
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In 1948 Dewey ran a “coronate me please” campaign. PUman Truman assailed congress and won.
Good move for McCain to follow suit.
Yep, as my tagline says.
Yeah, the democrat controlled congress has a popularity rating the same as V.D.
McCain needs to remind people the empowering them further is madness.
OBAMA/PELOSI
OBAMA/PELOSI
OBAMA/PELOSI
Thanks neverdem.
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Posted on 08/30/2008 12:05:33 PM PDT by dirtboy
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2071357/posts
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Posted on 08/30/2008 10:00:24 AM PDT by TommyC1
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2071291/posts
“Nous voila, Lafayette!” — Lt. Col. Charles Stanton
France’s Socialist party ‘close to meltdown’
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Posted on 08/29/2008 11:55:18 PM PDT by bruinbirdman
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2071055/posts
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