Posted on 04/08/2011 9:53:47 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
Congressional negotiators struck a last-minute deal to fund the government for the rest of the fiscal year, congressional leaders and the White House said late Friday, averting a threatened shutdown.
The House and Senate are expected to approve a seven-day stopgap measure to keep the government running until the final details of the agreement can be worked out.
Talks continued deep into the evening until, finally, House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) met with his caucus to outline the details of the proposed compromise, one in which Republicans succeeded in securing nearly $38 billion in cuts from current spending levels.
The GOP avoided a shutdown that many Republicans feared would damage the party politically in the eyes of the American public, one that would have resulted in the furloughs of 800,000 federal workers, the closing of national parks, and the disruption of many government services.
Democrats could take solace that none of the Republican House's proposed policy provisions, including one to defund Planned Parenthood that consumed much of the attention of the final day of negotiations, along with riders that would have limited the power of the Environmental Protection Agency, were included in the final package.
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As part of the accord, the Senate will hold standalone votes on the Planned Parenthood provision as well as a measure that would defund President Obama's healthcare initiative. Neither vote is likely to pass.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
FGS
Boehnrer caved
Defund Obamacare my arse
Why the heck have two political parties if both are intent on screwing the American taxpayers?
So we go through this again next week. LoL. It will be hard for the media to generate CRISIS week after week.
So, from what I have read so far, the only hit Planned Parenthood took was to not fund abortions in Washington DC. Big deal. Very disappointing. Unless I am not understanding all of it. Someone please educate me if I am wrong. I want to be angry for the right reasons.
I also did not see any mention of NPR. Does anyone know what was done about defunding them, which is what most of us were hoping for.
What difference does it make? Walter Williams says Obama will get re-elected for sure and Dick Morris says if the Republicans agree to anything under 61 Billion they have committed suicide. So what is the use?
That’s ok there will be time for more hysteria next week tune in, same time, same place. More cuts next week.
#(^$@^ $@!)(*^% @%&&&$^%$!!!!
Unless something changes, they got $81 B total for the year.
We will see...I think that they might...lot's of Democrat Senators up for election in 2012.
When it’s time to take a stand, *take a stand*.
obama played with the military. goddamn him for that.
Boehner likely should have taken to every airwave yelling about soldiers in 2 wars being used as HOSTAGES, given that the democrats favor that word.
No reason to be angry. This is just for a week so the same crap will go on week after week with the cuts growing.
I want to see the media generate the hysteria week after week. This is a long term process and not even the big show.
This is over the budgetary period underway already so mostly those horses are out of the barn. The real show will be when the Ryan budget starts being fought over then the real fire works will start. Let the RATs go nuts over this one it will reduce the impart of their next hissy fit when the Ryan cuts are considered. And, maybe, at some point the voters will see through them enough to blast them out of the Senate.
Another round starts next week.
Nite!
Actually, I'm pretty sure that the deal struck tonight is for the rest of fiscal 2011.
They didn't do the one week $12 B; they did a $40 B one.
If I'm correct about this, the Ryan budget should be front and center very soon.
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