[okie01]

“We have agreed to an historic amount of cuts for the remainder of this fiscal year, as well as a short-term bridge that will give us time to avoid a shutdown while we get that agreement through both houses and to the President. We will cut $78.5 billion below the President’s 2011 budget proposal, and we have reached an agreement on the policy riders.

The Republicans went in asking for $61 billion. They got $78.5 billion.

They gained an agreement on "policy riders" which sought to eliminate funding for abortion in DC and for the EPA.

Honestly, how is that a defeat?

[paul544]

Your logic and reason have no place here... It’s fire and brimstone or nothing.

[Hoodat]

They gained an agreement on "policy riders" which sought to eliminate funding for abortion in DC and for the EPA.

"Policy riders"? Is that newsspeak for "taking credit for eliminating Planned Parenthood funding while at the same time continuing to fund Planned Parenthood"?

[suzynrogers]

Horse crap. They folded on killing babies . They suck beyond belief. Get them out of our party.

[Jeff Head]

The Republicans went in asking for $61 billion. They got $78.5 billion

As I understand it, this is not correct. The repubs went into this "round" asking for 61 billion+ because they already haad 38.5 billion and the 61 would have gotten them to 100, which is what they promised.

But Boener folded for 40 billion this round which is going to leave them at a total of 78.5 billion, short of the 100 billion promised.

The House freshmen repubs, IMHO, need to vote a definitive NO to this and show they are not willing to cave. If enough do, then the deal will fold...and, Boener's days as the speaker may be over, giving place for someone who will stand firm..which is, what I believe the American people want and voted for in 2010.

[Lauren BaRecall]

What’s the agreement? That the Republicans drop them?