Posted on 04/04/2011 1:52:30 AM PDT by Scanian
Congress hasn’t even settled the 2011 spending fight and many lawmakers already are looking ahead to the next big battles over raising the country’s debt ceiling and the 2012 budget — with top Republicans beginning to draw lines in the sand.
A growing number of Republicans say they will not vote to raise the country’s debt limit unless it is accompanied by big changes to the way the government taxes and spends.
“If all we do is go in there in three or four weeks or in a couple months and extend the debt limit again and do nothing else, the world is going to look at us and say America and its political leadership is not serious about dealing with this incredible issue,” Sen. Marco Rubio, Florida Republican, said on “Fox News Sunday.”
That drew condemnation from Sen. Mark R. Warner, Virginia Democrat, who has been working with a bipartisan group of senators on a framework for bringing government spending and taxing into balance. Mr. Warner said the responsible option is to raise the debt limit so the government can borrow funds to pay for its operations.
“It just frightens the heck out of me that anyone responsible would say, ‘Let’s go ahead and light the fuse that might create the next economic meltdown,’” he said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
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quit pussy footing around, quit playing games, quit playing footsies with the dems.
just cut the damn budget.
Or just shut the damn gub mint down.
I’m with ya.
All they got to do is simply submit a balanced budget. If the Nazis dont go along, shut er down till the budget is balanced.
...they pull back missing a finger.
That’s lawyers for ya.
They think that everything is fine as long as they make a lot of noise.
“The one great precept of law is to make business” And so they do.
100% agree.
For a Cheeseburgur today they will gladly pay you on Tuesday. Come on, a ten year plan??? As bad as the old Soviet Union 5 year plans.
Baffle em with B.S.,
Stupid voters will buy anything.
No matter how thin they slice it, it’s still baloney.
Boehner and Cantor will cave.
We're going to need another sweeping election to get rid of more bad rubbish in 2012, including bonehead or whatever his whinging butt's name is.
Talk’s cheap we shall see,if not prep for going out of business sale.
“GOP vows”
I am with you too, shut er down till the budget is balanced!
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