“The Senate cannot fund anything the House does not initiate.
Not only was it not “meaningless” but whacking at the CR at 2 Billion a week does not hurt either.
Some fools, of course, think they can turn the Queen Mary on a dime. They naturally know nothing but how to squawk.”
Right, right. Those grand statesmen named Bonehead and Can’t-or are real Profiles In Courage to bring to the floor a stripped down gas-can of a bill that has no chance of going anywhere, and they know it. And right again: the $2 billion (which of course was wiped out by the mere interest on the debt on the very day they passed this joke of a CR), was yet another Profile In Courage, right? I mean, $2 billion in the face of a multi-TRILLION dollar deficit must mean those two geniuses have everyone right where they want them. Yeah, that’s it. Not.
So you tell us then. When this current joke of a CR expires in three weeks, what is it those two outstanding Repubican Leaders in the House will do then?
The House leaders have 1/2 of 1 of 2 elected branches of Govt, or about a quarter of the cards. Holding a quarter of the cards means we cant get our way, but have to maximize our leverage with what we got.
How to maximize? Have some votes that show where we stand and use them to push for best compromise and get the most of what we can. We wont get all of what we want but if we get 50%, we are doing OK. The boehner/Cantor strategy is doing OK so far, and you can tell by the fact that complainers complain but rarely have a better idea/plan.
So ... You tell US:
- You want them to defund NPR/PBS or not? They held the vote, they won the vote. Bully for Boehner and Cantor for that. That is ALL they can do in the House.
- You want them to actually PASS things into law, then all they can get past Obama’s desk is watered down stuff. You want that or not?
If you want the watered down stuff, you get $4 billion in cuts in a 3 week CR. You want it or do you want nothing?
If not, what’s YOUR brilliant plan to actually get Obama to sign something better?
Anybody?