Rep. Lynn Westmoreland Eyes Government Shutdown

Politico ^ | September 10, 2010 | James S. Hohmann

[Pan_Yan]

&3.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Pan_Yan.

[TheOldLady]

Wonderful idea. I’m all for it.

[Always A Marine]

He’s my Congressman. I want to hear more, of course. But on the face of it, I like it.

Lynn Westmoreland is also my Congressman, and he is a very good man.

We should note that Lynn did not say that Congress would shut the government down; he is warning that the Obama Administration will shut it down when it vetoes the spending bills originating from the House, and he is asking us to stick with them as Obama and his media parrots try to blame everything on the GOP. I am with them.

Here's where Lynn needs to have his ears boxed a little bit... We need to lean on him to press the "defund" message, which he has been reluctant to do. Under the Constitution, spending and tax bills can only originate in the House of Representatives. That means that regardless of what plans and programs have been enacted, the House has the sole discretion to initiate the inclusion of enabling funds in the buget -- or to exclude specific funding by their simple omission. Such is the incredible power of the House -- and if the next GOP House majority is serious about fighting the Socialist takeover, that is exactly what they must do.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

You’ve made some excellent points, and I appreciate that.

I’m going to be watching Westmoreland and the news to see if this goes further. I also want to write to him to encourage his efforts.